General Motors Corporation Libelant-appellee, v. the Olancho, Her Engines, Etc., and Linea Sub-americana, Inc., Claimant-respondent-appellant, 220 F.2d 278 (2d Cir. 1955)

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 220 F.2d 278 (2d Cir. 1955) Argued February 15, 1955
Decided March 10, 1955

Appeal from a judgment for libelant in an admiralty action, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, for damages caused by sea-water to a cargo of automobiles and automobile parts aboard the S. S. Olancho en route from New York to Buenos Aires, in January 1948, Vincent L. Leibell, Judge. Affirmed.

Hill, Rivkins, Middleton, Louis & Warburton, New York City (Arthur O. Louis and J. Edwin Carey, New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City (Wharton Poor and Tallman Bissell, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Before FRANK and MEDINA, Circuit Judges, and BRENNAN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.


Affirmed on the opinion of Judge Leibell, reported in 115 F. Supp. 107.

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