UNITED STATES v. PETERSON

No. 5399.

28 F.2d 29 (1928)

UNITED STATES v. PETERSON et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 20, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. J. Hatfield, U. S. Atty., and Esther B. Phillips, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal.

J. N. Gillett and H. H. North, both of San Francisco, Cal., for defendants in error.

Before RUDKIN, DIETRICH, and HUNT, Circuit Judges.


HUNT, Circuit Judge.

In this action defendants in error, plaintiffs below, recovered judgment against the United States for damages occasioned by interference by the United States with the American sealing schooner James G. Swan. In its general character the action is like Bird v. United States (C. C. A.) 24 F.2d 933, in that it is based upon a claim of the plaintiffs below, heirs and legal representatives of an American citizen,...

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