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BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 2118.

19 F.2d 744 (1927)

BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 4, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foye M. Murphy, of Boston, Mass. (Edward A. Neiley and Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham, all of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellant.

A. Chesley York, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass. (Frederick H. Tarr, U. S. Atty., of Gloucester, Mass., on the brief), for the United States.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

The main question in this admiralty appeal is whether the United States is liable for interest on damages awarded under a special act not specifically providing for interest. The appellant filed on May 29, 1922, a libel to recover damages arising out of a collision of the United States government destroyer Bell with the Cornelia, on August 9, 1918, in Broad Sound Channel in Boston Harbor. On appeal from a finding in favor of the government...

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