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THE CARSON

No. 8982.

104 F.2d 762 (1939)

THE CARSON. BRASHEAR v. UNION DREDGING CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 15, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Sharp, Hone & Hone, Derby, Sharp, Quinby & Tweedt, and S. Hasket Derby, all of San Francisco, Cal. (Charles L. Hemmings and Donald Lobree, both of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for appellant.

Redman, Alexander & Bacon, James M. Wallace, and Herbert Chamberlin, all of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, MATHEWS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding brought by Union Dredging Company, a California corporation, the owner of the dredger Carson, under the limitation of liability act, 46 U. S.C.A. § 183. The corporation petitions for exoneration from liability for the drowning on May 17, 1934, of one of its firemen, Earl Brashear, who had become violently insane several hours before he jumped overboard and was insane at the...

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