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UNITED STATES v. WALLACE

No. 5032.

18 F.2d 20 (1927)

UNITED STATES v. WALLACE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 21, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Bronson, J. S. Robinson, H. B. Jones, and Robert E. Bronson, all of Seattle, Wash., for the United States.

John S. Jurey, of Seattle, Wash., for appellee Wallace.

B. S. Grosscup, W. C. Morrow, and Chas. A. Wallace, all of Seattle, Wash., for appellee Draper Engine Works Co.

Before GILBERT, RUDKIN, and DIETRICH, Circuit Judges.

DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

The Draper Engine Works Company had a contract for special repair work on the steamship West Gambo, a merchant vessel owned and operated by the government. At the same time other repairs were being made by the owner upon its own account. In moving scaffolding used by them while painting in and about No. 3 hatch between-decks, the government workmen carelessly permitted a heavy timber to fall upon and seriously injure appellee Wallace, who...

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