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LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP CO. v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

No. 4656.

236 F.Supp. 866 (1965)

LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., as owner of the S. S. ROBERT LUCKENBACH and as bailee of the cargo laden thereon, Libelant, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, a corporation, Respondent.

District Court, Canal Zone Division, Balboa.

January 11, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

De Castro & Robles, Balboa, Canal Zone, Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright & White, New York City, for libelant.

David J. Markun, Dwight McKabney, Jerry W. Mitchell, Walter T. Williams, Whitney E. Smith, Philip N. Smith, Office of Gen. Counsel, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for respondent.

CROWE, District Judge.

This is an action in personam by the Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. as owner of the S.S. Robert Luckenbach and as bailee of the cargo thereon to recover damages allegedly sustained as a result of the vessel's grounding in Gamboa Reach of the Panama Canal. The grounding occurred on the west side of the channel, "abreast and outboard" of Buoy No. 82, on March 24, 1955 during a northbound transit of the Canal.

During the transit a Panama...

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