Tesoriero v. The MS Molda, 297

Decision Date16 April 1956
Docket NumberDocket 23699.,No. 297,297
Citation1956 AMC 836,232 F.2d 311
PartiesGiovanni TESORIERO, Libelant-Appellant, v. THE M. S. MOLDA her boilers, engines, tackle, etc., and A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi and Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc., Respondents.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit

Nathan Baker, Hoboken, N. J. (Baker, Garber & Chazen, of counsel; Bernard Chazen, Hoboken, N. J., on the brief), for libelant-appellant.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City (Francis X. Byrn, New York City, of counsel), for respondents-appellees.

Before FRANK, MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

After the trial judge filed his opinion and entered his order dismissing the libel on the ground of laches, we decided Le Gate v. The Panamolga, 2 Cir., 221 F. 2d 689. We reverse and remand with directions to the judge to reconsider the defense of laches, and to exercise his discretion, in the light of the Le Gate decision.

Reversed and remanded.

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    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • June 16, 1961
    ...action is time-barred. LeGate v. The Panamolga, 2 Cir., 1955, 221 F.2d 689, at page 690, 1955 A.M.C. 1187; Tesoriero v. The M. S. Molda, 2 Cir., 1956, 232 F.2d 311, 1956 A.M.C. 836; Moore v. Palmyra Compania Naviera, S.A., 5 Cir., 1958, 253 F.2d 712. Under Florida law that period for neglig......
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