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LAKE UNION DRY DOCK & MACHINE WORKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 7569.

81 F.2d 230 (1935)

LAKE UNION DRY DOCK & MACHINE WORKS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 20, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Wright, H. B. Jones, Robert E. Bronson, and Story Birdseye, all of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., and John Ambler, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Seattle, Wash., and Owen P. Hughes, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Tacoma, Wash.

Before WILBUR, GARRECHT, and DENMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The contract and bailment here controlling were "ordinary" within the holding of Swift v. Tyson, 16 Pet. 1, 18, 19, 10 L.Ed. 865; Black & White Taxicab, etc., Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab, etc., Co., 276 U.S. 518, 526, 48 S.Ct. 404, 72 L.Ed. 681, 57 A.L.R. 426. We know of no applicable state statute. Hence it is a matter of general law and not controlled by the decision of the Washington Supreme Court. However,...

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