COMPANIA PROSPERO S.A. v. OLD DOMINION STEVEDORING CORPORATION (THE "YIANNIS")1

[1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 346

UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURTEASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

Before District Judge John A. Mackenzie

United States - Carriage by sea - Sea water entering chartered vessel's hold through hole in her double bottom tank and flooding hold - Allegation by shipowners that loss caused by fracture of sounding tube by negligence of stevedores - Whether stevedores could rely on clause in charter-party stating "Master to notify stevedores of damages . . . within twenty-four hours after the occurrence" - Unseaworthiness of vessel established - Stevedores not liable.