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UNITED STATES v. LADD

No. 6355.

193 F.2d 929 (1952)

UNITED STATES v. LADD. THE MOHICAN. THE ELOISE.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Foley, Jr., Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., (Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. Carter Whitehead, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., William B. Eley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., and J. Frank Staley, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellant.

Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va (Vandeventer, Black & Meredith, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This libel in admiralty was instituted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq., by one Ladd (hereinafter called libellant) to recover from the United States (hereinafter called appellant) damages sustained by his sloop Eloise, due to the alleged negligent manoeuvering of the coast guard cutter Mohican.

On Sunday, July 23, 1950, the sloop Eloise...

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