STATES S. S. CO. v. ROTHSCHILD INTERNATIONAL STEVE. CO.

No. 13382.

205 F.2d 253 (1953)

STATES S. S. CO. v. ROTHSCHILD INTERNATIONAL STEVEDORING CO.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bogle, Bogle & Gates, Edward S. Franklin, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Little, LeSourd, Palmer & Scott, Robert L. Palmer, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, HEALY, Circuit Judge, and JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Northern Division. The question presented is whether a shipowner, who has space chartered its ship to a third party, may be indemnified for liabilities arising by reason of the active negligence of a stevedoring company hired by the third party, causing the vessel to be unseaworthy.

The shipowner brought this action...

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