VICTORY CARRIERS, INC. v. STOCKTON STEVEDORING CO.

No. 21326.

388 F.2d 955 (1968)

VICTORY CARRIERS, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. STOCKTON STEVEDORING CO., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Ford (argued), Graydon S. Staring, Warren W. Wilson, of Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Frederick J. Woelflen (argued), of Partridge, O'Connell, Partridge & Fall, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, POPE, and ELY, Circuit Judges.


ELY, Circuit Judge:

A longshoreman was injured while engaged in his work aboard the vessel SS COE VICTORY, owned and operated by the appellant. He instituted suit against appellant, and the appellant, by interpleader, sought to be indemnified by the longshoreman's employer, the appellee, in the event of a determination of its, the shipowner's, liability to the longshoreman. The trial resulted in the conclusion of the District Court, sitting in admiralty, that the...

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