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IN RE CLINTON'S PETITION

No. 58-52.

195 F.Supp. 165 (1961)

In the Matter of Petition of John T. CLINTON as Owner of the Fishing Vessel THE OLYMPIC II for Exoneration From and Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

June 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Dempsey, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

William T. Conlan, Boston, Mass., Samuel H. Cohen, Boston, Mass., for defendant.

CAFFREY, District Judge.

John T. Clinton, owner of the Oil Screw Fishing Vessel Olympic II, has filed a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

I find that the Olympic II was a fishing dragger 40' long, 11½' wide, with a net tonnage of 9½ tons. It was purchased by Clinton on July 30, 1955 for $6,000. Thereafter it was used for commercial ground fishing as a dragger for scallops. Normally it put out to sea on one-day trips and returned...

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