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WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 2894.

258 F.Supp. 425 (1966)

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, S. E. Foster, as Master of the S.S. JEAN LA FITTE, Despard & Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Alabama, S. D.

September 14, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. K. Jackson, Jr., of Armbrecht, Jackson, & DeMouy, Mobile, Alabama, for plaintiffs.

Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Harvey M. Katz, Atty., Admiralty and Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

OPINION

DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, Chief Judge.

This is an admiralty claim brought by the plaintiff, Waterman Steamship Corporation, to recover from the defendant, United States, certain contributions allegedly due as a result of a General Average Adjustment. In 1959, Waterman's vessel, the SS JEAN LA FITTE, was carrying government cargo under a contract between Waterman and the Military Sea Transportation Service, hereinafter referred to as "MSTS". While en...

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