Almirante S. S. Corp. v. United States

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought under a special act of Congress (44 Stat. 1793), and, on appeal from the interlocutory deeree, this court held the United States solely at fault for the collision. Almirante Steamship Corporation v. United States (C. C. A.) 34 F.(2d) 123.. Thereafter the cause was referred to a commissioner to ascertain'the libelant’s damages, and voluminous testimony was taken and was considered by him in an extensive report. Exceptions thereto by the respondent having been overruled, the District Court entered final decree. The present' appeal questions only the…