PETITION OF CLIPPER FISHING CORPORATION


168 F.Supp. 130 (1958)

Petition of CLIPPER FISHING CORPORATION, as owner of the Fishing Vessel THE CLIPPER, for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for petitioner, Charles A. Van Hagen, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Mahar & Mason, New York City, Joseph F. Dolan, Harry Kisloff, Boston, Mass., for claimants, Frank C. Mason, James J. Mason, New York City, of counsel.


FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

This proceeding for exoneration from or limitation of liability arises out of a collision between petitioner's fishing vessel "Clipper" and claimants' fishing vessel "Eunice-Lillian" which sank as a result.

The collision occurred on June 12, 1958 approximately 100 miles at sea while the Eunice-Lillian was proceeding from fishing grounds in the Atlantic with a catch of scallops to her home port of New Bedford, Massachusetts...

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