LAKE UNION DRY DOCK & MACHINE WORKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 7569.

79 F.2d 802 (1935)

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

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 4, 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.


DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, owner of a ship repair yard and free floating dry dock in Lake Union, Wash., appeals from the decision of the District Court holding that pursuant to a contract for repairing appellee's vessel, the Guard, the vessel became a bailment to the appellant, and that damage to the vessel by fire was attributable to appellant's failure to fulfill the obligation of due care arising from the bailment; hence judgment against appellant.

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