PACIFIC ATLANTIC S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 6813.

63 F.2d 414 (1933)

PACIFIC ATLANTIC S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 13, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira S. Lillick, Joseph J. Geary, Chalmers G. Graham, and Lillick, Olson & Graham, all of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

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

Before WILBUR, SAWTELLE, and MACK, Circuit Judges.


MACK, Circuit Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is whether the District Court properly held the merchant vessel, Jefferson Myers, solely liable for a collision with the government dredge, A. Mackenzie, or whether the latter should have been held solely or, if not, then jointly liable.

The following facts, found by the District Court, are not challenged:

The collision occurred shortly after 5 o'clock on the morning of December 20, 1930, on...

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