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IN RE READING'S PETITION

Civ. No. 6528.

169 F.Supp. 165 (1958)

Petition of Eugene P. READING, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Owner of the Motorboat The CROW'S NEST IIA, her engines, etc., for exoneration from or limitation of liability, civil and maritime.

United States District Court N. D. New York.

January 2, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, Carter & Conboy, Albany, N. Y., for petitioner, John L. Quinlan, John B. Shields, New York City, of counsel.

Millington & Garlick, Lake George, N. Y., for claimant, George H. Beaudin, William W. Millington, Lake George, N. Y., of counsel.

Abelove & Myers, Utica, N. Y., for claimant, Daniel S. Vetromile, Milton A. Abelove, Utica, N. Y., of counsel.

FOLEY, District Judge.

This proceeding under the Federal Limitation of Liability Statutes (46 U.S. C.A. § 183 et seq.) seeks for the petitioner, Eugene P. Reading, exoneration from liability or limitation of liability under such provisions. Such right to contest or limit liability in this fashion by a vessel owner is prescribed in United States Supreme Court Rule 53 of Admiralty Practice, 28 U.S.C.A. The claimants are two in number. One, Vetromile, was a guest...

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