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THE COMUS

No. 301.

19 F.2d 774 (1927)

THE COMUS. SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 9, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Tuttle and Emory R. Buckner, U. S. Attys., of New York City (Horace M. Gray, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Burlingham, Veeder, Masten & Fearey, of New York City (Chauncey I. Clark and C. B. Manley O'Kelley, both of New York City, of counsel), for the Comus.

Before MANTON and SWAN, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, District Judge.

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On July 12, 1920, at 3:20 in the morning, with the weather clear, east of the Tucker Beach Light off the New Jersey coast, the Frampton and Comus came into collision, resulting in the sinking of the former and causing the loss of two lives and very serious property damages.

The Frampton was a Shipping Board vessel, and left New York, in ballast, on the afternoon of July 11th, bound for Newport News. She was a steel lake-type vessel,...

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