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PETITION OF BOAT DEMAND

No. 57-28.

160 F.Supp. 833 (1958)

Petition of BOAT DEMAND, Inc., as Owner of THE Fishing Vessel DEMAND for exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

April 7, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Dolan, William T. Conlan and Ely, Bartlett & Brown, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Seymour P. Edgerton, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., for Harbor Oil Co., Inc.

Robert K. Lamere, Boston, Mass., for Trawler Oil Corp.

Samuel A. Wilkinson, Boston, Mass., for Boston Fish Market Corp.

ALDRICH, District Judge.

This is a petition for limitation of liability under 46 U.S.C.A. § 183 et seq. The petitioning corporation is the owner of the Demand, a fishing vessel 90 feet long, of some 135 gross tons. She was diesel-powered and, except for a small quantity in a safe place on deck, kept no gasoline on board. I find that in all respects, with the exception about to be referred to, she was tight, staunch, safe and seaworthy, and remained so at all...

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