TRANSCONTINENTAL COMMODITIES v. ITALNAVI SOCIETA, ETC.


175 F.Supp. 406 (1959)

TRANSCONTINENTAL COMMODITIES, INC., Libellant, v. ITALNAVI SOCIETA DI NAVIGAZIONE PER AZIONI-GENOVA, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for libellant.

Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, for respondent.


WEINFELD, District Judge.

This action was commenced by libellant to recover damages incurred by reason of respondent's alleged misdirection of shipments of cocoa cake.

The respondent moves that this Court decline jurisdiction principally upon the ground that the bills of lading covering the goods in question provide for a waiver of jurisdiction in favor of the courts of Genoa, Italy, under the Italian Code of Navigation; the respondent also seeks relief on...

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