THE EUREKA

No. 7857.

80 F.2d 303 (1935)

THE EUREKA. MULTNOMAH COUNTY v. HAMMOND LUMBER CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 18, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Bain, Dist. Atty., and M. B. Meacham, both of Portland, Or., for appellant.

E. L. McDougal, Randall S. Jones, and Lawrence Lister, all of Portland, Or., for appellees.

Before WILBUR, MATHEWS, and HANEY, Circuit Judges.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The steamship Eureka, owned by appellee Hammond Lumber Company, was damaged at Portland, Or., in a collision with the east leaf of the "Burnside Bridge," a drawbridge over the Willamette river, a navigable stream. The bridge is owned and operated by the appellant, Multnomah county, Or., a municipal corporation and body politic. It is of the bascule type operated electrically. There are two spans known as the east and west spans, and when both...

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