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HEMPSTEAD v. THE ESCAPADE

No. 1584-M.

173 F.Supp. 833 (1959)

W. F. HEMPSTEAD and A. F. Hempstead, d/b/a Dunn's Boat Yard, Libelants, v. THE Yacht ESCAPADE ex The Thor II, her engines, etc. and Howard Bond, her owner, Respondents, Allied Marine Corporation, a Florida corporation, Intervenor, Reliance Insurance Company, Third-Party Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Florida, Miami Division.

June 3, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Turner, Miami, Fla., for libelants.

W. F. Parker, Miami, Fla., for respondents.

Robert M. Thomson, South Miami, Fla., for intervenor.

Smathers, Thompson & Dyer, Miami, Fla., for third-party respondent.

LIEB, District Judge.

This is a suit in rem against the vessel and in personam against its owner, Bond, by the libelant to recover a contract salvage award and by intervening libelant to recover repairs made to the vessel subsequent to the time it was salved. Respondent, Bond, had impleaded his hull insurer, Reliance, claiming that under the provisions of such policy the insurer is primarily liable for such claims.

Findings of Fact

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