OLSON TOWBOAT COMPANY v. DUTRA

No. 17432.

300 F.2d 883 (1962)

OLSON TOWBOAT COMPANY, Olson Steamship Co., THE Tug JEAN NELSON, THE Barge FLORENCE, Appellants, v. Joao DUTRA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Black, Henry Schaldach, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Francis J. Solvin, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and ROSS, District Judge.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, a seaman, sued the boatowners for damages for the loss of a portion of the index finger on his right hand. He charged negligence in his first cause of action; unseaworthiness in his second. In a trial by the district court without a jury, the court found, by its "Amended Findings," that respondents below (appellants here) had "negligently operated said vessels so as to allow the mooring cable to become defective," and that said same...

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