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COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE v. TAWES

No. 9080.

111 F.2d 92 (1940)

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE v. TAWES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. H. Terriberry, Jos. M. Rault, Walter Carroll, and Benjamin W. Yancey, all of New Orleans, La., L. S. Carrington, of Ancon, C. Z., and Octavio Fabrega, of Panama, Rep. of Panama, for appellant.

William A. Van Siclen and J. J. McGuigan, both of Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellee.

Lucian Y. Ray, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

On February 17, 1935, the appellant's steam vessel Wisconsin was grounded while navigating the Panama Canal in charge of appellee as pilot. The Governor of the Panama Canal, the Panama Canal, and the pilot were sued in the District Court of the Canal Zone to recover the cost of refloating her, but the Governor and the Panama Canal were held not subject to suit. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. Governor of Panama Canal et al., 5 Cir.,

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