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SORENSON v. BOSTON INS. CO.

No. 2533.

20 F.2d 640 (1927)

SORENSON et al. v. BOSTON INS. CO. OF BOSTON, MASS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

July 5, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Ober, of Baltimore, Md. (Janney, Ober, Slingluff & Williams, of Baltimore, Md., and Bigham, Englar & Jones and D. Roger Englar, all of New York City, and Robert France, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellants.

George W. P. Whip, of Baltimore, Md. (Lord & Whip, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WADDILL, PARKER, and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

On July 6, 1923, a lighter belonging to Graham & Co. undertook to transport a cargo of coffee belonging to Sorenson & Nielsen and J. Aron & Co. from the steamship Comac, then lying in the port of Baltimore, to a warehouse at Belt's wharf. The lighter sank by reason of its unseaworthiness, and limitation of liability was denied on the ground that this unseaworthiness existed with the privity and knowledge of the owner. This suit was...

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