THE PENNSYLVANIAN

No. 10316.

139 F.2d 478 (1943)

THE PENNSYLVANIAN. THE BARRY K. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN S. S. CO. v. WESTERN TRANSP. CO. WESTERN TRANSP. CO. v. AMERICAN HAWAIIAN S. S. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 30, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erskine Wood and Wood, Matthiessen & Wood, all of Portland, Or., for appellant American-Hawaiian S. S. Co.

Dey, Hampson & Nelson and Clarence J. Young, all of Portland, Or., for appellant Western Transp. Co.

Before GARRECHT, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

A collision between two ships on the Willamette River resulted in the filing of a libel and cross-libel to fix the responsibility for the accident. The district court found both vessels negligent and decreed an equal division of damages. Both appeal, each protesting its own innocence of fault.

The Barry K was a stern wheel river boat owned by the Western Transportation Company. She was 190 feet long, extended about 35 feet above the...

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