GRACE & CO. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 16388.

278 F.2d 771 (1960)

GRACE & CO. (Pacific Coast), a corporation, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

April 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCutchen, Black, Harnagel & Shea, Philip K. Verleger, Howard J. Privett, Los Angeles, Cal., Jack T. Swafford, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Roger Arnebergh, City Atty., Arthur W. Nordstrom, Asst. City Atty., C. N. Perkins, Walter C. Foster, Deputy City Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., Trippet, Yoakum, Stearns & Ballantyne, F. B. Yoakum, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel, for appellee.

Before BARNES, HAMLIN and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action brought in the District Court for the Southern District of California by Grace & Co., a West Virginia corporation, appellant, against the city of Los Angeles, a municipal corporation, appellee, for damages to certain bags of coffee owned by appellant which had been unloaded from a ship and were in a shed at Berth 59 in Los Angeles Harbor. The basis of appellant's claim for damages is the alleged negligence of the...

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