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BRISCOE v. UNITED STATES

No. 354.

65 F.2d 404 (1933)

BRISCOE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 15, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duncan & Mount, of New York City (Frank A. Bull, of New York City, and Arthur C. Muller, Jr., of counsel), for libelant-appellee.

Howard W. Ameli, U. S. Atty., and Tompkins, Boal & Tompkins, all of New York City (Arthur M. Boal, of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The respondent's steamer Coahoma County collided with and sank the tug Brittania on March 13, 1931. The collision occurred upon the Hudson river in the territorial waters of New York state. The libelant's husband, who was employed on the tug as an oiler, was drowned as a result of the collision. The libelant brought suit against the respondent in the District Court, under section 130 of the New York Decedent Estate Law (Consol. Laws...

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