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THE NEW BERNE

No. 3914.

80 F.2d 244 (1935)

THE NEW BERNE. NORFOLK, B. & C. LINE, Inc., v. EVANS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

November 12, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Oast, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

D. Arthur Kelsey and Charles L. Kaufman, both of Norfolk, Va. (Kelsey & Jett, of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree denying limitation of liability to the Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc., owner of the motor vessel New Berne, which was destroyed by fire in the Chesapeake Bay in the early morning of September 20, 1933, and awarding damages to the administratrix of Leo H. Evans, the assistant engineer of the vessel, who perished in the fire. The New Berne was a small motor vessel, 104.8 feet in length and of 194 gross...

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