Legal Opinion
Hydaburg Cooperative Association, Libelant and v. Alaska Steamship Company, And
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1968No. 21142PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Roy Kennedy, an engine wiper employed on the S.S. Coastal Rambler of the Alaska Steamship Company on September 11, 1964, stuck a fire hose and its stream of water into the starboard bilge sounding pipe 1 on the weather deck of the ship near the No. 1 hatch. He should have put it into the nearby starboard sounding pipe connected to the double bottom. The water ran for about four or five hours before the mistake was discovered. As a result, canned salmon in the cargo consigned by Hydaburg was seriously damaged.
The ship was berthed at Pier 24 in Seattle. The stream of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re Pacific Mail S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
- Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. v. the Walter RaleighDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- W. T. Lockett Co. v. Cunard S. S. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1927
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