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AMEROCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. COPP

No. 15023.

245 F.2d 291 (1957)

AMEROCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., a corporation, and Blackchester Lines, Inc., a corporation, Appellants, v. Albert W. COPP, Jr., as Executor the Last Will and Testament of Albert W. Copp, deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 26, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Summers, Bucey & Howard, Theodore A. LeGros and G. H. Bucey, Seattle, Wash., for appellants.

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

Before POPE and FEE, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.

JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

The initiation of the present proceedings was accomplished by filing a libel in rem in admiralty in the District Court by Avon Smith, a longshoreman, against the Steamship Amerocean and its owners. The latter, as appellants, impleaded Albert W. Copp,1 the stevedore and the employer of Smith, on a claim for full indemnity in case of recovery by libelant.2 The main action was settled...

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