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THE JAMES GRIFFITHS

No. 7751.

84 F.2d 785 (1936)

THE JAMES GRIFFITHS. SPERRY FLOUR CO. v. COASTWISE STEAMSHIP & BARGE CO., Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 29, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd M. Tweedt and Derby, Sharp, Quinby & Tweedt, all of San Francisco, Cal., and Howard G. Cosgrove and Cosgrove & Terhune, all of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Lawrence Bogle, Edward G. Dobrin, and Bogle, Bogle & Gates, all of Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before WILBUR, DENMAN, and HANEY, Circuit Judges.

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty deciding adversely to the claim of appellant for damage to and nondelivery of a shipment of flour occasioned by the stranding of the carrying steamer James Griffiths, through the admitted gross negligence of her Chief Mate, Mortensen. In complete absence of volition, he ran the vessel ashore under a warning light he had seen and approached for several miles, the night being clear and many miles of...

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