L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This appeal comes before us from a decree in the admiralty exonerating the owner and the bareboat charterer of the S. S. "Venice Maru" from liability for damage to her cargo by a fire which occurred on board that vessel between Los Angeles and Balboa in August 1934. The appeal also involves the repayment by the bareboat charterer of certain cash payments made to it by cargo owners as contributions in general average. The decree directed the...
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