CITY OF MIAMI v. WESTERN SHIPPING & TRADING COMPANY

No. 15685.

232 F.2d 847 (1956)

The CITY OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. WESTERN SHIPPING and TRADING COMPANY, Incorporated, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olavi Hendrickson, Asst. City Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellant.

David W. Walters, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, the City of Miami, Florida, was respondent in the Court below; appellee, Western Shipping and Trading Company, Incorporated, of Curacao, Netherlands West Indies, was libelant. The libel was filed to recover damages done to the S.S. Dodecanese when the north leaf of a drawbridge being operated by the City was permitted to fall on the ship, which had duly signaled for and obtained clearance to pass under the drawbridge.

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