REPUBLIC OF MEXICO v. HOFFMAN

No. 10475.

143 F.2d 854 (1944)

REPUBLIC OF MEXICO et al. v. HOFFMAN. THE BAJA CALIFORNIA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Concurring Opinion July 19, 1944.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Van Tress and James R. Jaffray, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

Farnham P. Griffiths, of San Francisco, Cal., and Harold A. Black and McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, MATHEWS, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree holding the Steamer Baja California, owned by the appellant Republic of Mexico, hereinafter called the Republic, liable and awarding damages for the sinking and total loss of the American Schooner Lottie Carson in the Harbor of Mazatlan, Mexico, by the Baja California, then towing the Mexican Steamer Campeche, causing her tow to collide with the Lottie Carson. The...

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