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IN RE PETITION OF HOCKING

Civ. A. No. 127-56.

158 F.Supp. 620 (1958)

Matter of the Petition of Horace A. HOCKING, as the owner of THE POMPANO II, her engines, etc., in a cause of limitation of or exoneration from liability.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

January 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Slingerland, Trauth & Holtz, Newark, N. J., by Charles W. Hagen, Richard A. Hagen, New York City, and David A. Wallach, Brooklyn, N. Y., for petitioner.

Baker, Garber & Chazen, Hoboken, N. J., by Jack Steinman, New York City, Jerome L. Yesko, Paterson, N. J., by Charles Stein, New York City, for claimants.

WORTENDYKE, District Judge.

On February 17, 1956, Horace A. Hocking, as owner of a 21-foot motor boat, filed in this Court his verified petition to limit his liability for damages for personal injuries sustained by the occupants of an outboard motor powered row boat in a collision between the vessels which occurred on September 5, 1955, in navigable waters of the United States in this District. The motor boat, at the time of the collision, was being operated by the...

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