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UNITED STATES v. LOS ANGELES SOAP CO.

No. 7783.

83 F.2d 875 (1936)

UNITED STATES v. LOS ANGELES SOAP CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 14, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peirson M. Hall, U. S. Atty., and Leo V. Silverstein and Jack L. Powell, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Los Angeles, Cal., and Esther B. Phillips, Asst. U. S. Atty., of San Francisco, Cal. (Myron H. Avery, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Commerce, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for the United States.

S. Hasket Derby, of San Francisco, Cal., L. K. Vermille, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Douglas D. Crystal, of New York City (Derby, Sharp, Quinby & Tweedt, of San Francisco, Cal., Overton, Lyman & Plumb, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Single & Tyler, of New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Before WILBUR, GARRECHT, and HANEY, Circuit Judges.

GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

An original libel and two amended libels were brought by the Los Angeles Soap Company, one of the appellees, to recover for shortage and contamination of a consignment of cocoanut oil shipped, in September, 1927, in the deep tanks of the steamship West Cajoot, owned by the appellant, from Manila to Los Angeles.

The appellant filed two libels to recover general average contribution alleged to have been due from the appellees, as a result...

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