THE WEST HARTLAND

No. 4298.

2 F.2d 834 (1924)

THE WEST HARTLAND.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 17, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. R. Snider, Admiralty Counsel, U. S. Shipping Board, and Horace M. Gray, Asst. Admiralty Counsel, U. S. Shipping Board, both of New York City (MacCormac Snow, District Counsel, U. S. Shipping Board, of Portland, Or., and Bronson, Robinson & Jones, of Seattle, Wash., of counsel), for the United States.

B. S. Grosscup and W. C. Morrow, both of Seattle, Wash., for Pacific S. S. Co.

W. H. Bogle, Lawrence Bogle, W. H. Hayden and F. A. Huffer, all of Seattle, Wash., and Harold M. Sawyer and Alfred T. Cluff, both of San Francisco, Cal., for Matthew Clancy and others.

Before GILBERT, HUNT, and RUDKIN, Circuit Judges.


RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

At a few minutes after midnight on April 1, 1921, a collision occurred in the waters of Puget Sound between the steamship Governor and the steamship West Hartland. As a result of the collision the Governor sunk and, together with her cargo, became a total loss, a number of her passengers suffered serious personal injuries, and four passengers and several members of the crew lost their lives. After the collision the West Hartland proceeded to...

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