Brashear v. Union Dredging Co.

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding brought by Union Dredging Company, a California corporation, the owner of the dredger Carson, under the limitation of liability act, 46 U. *763S.C.A. § 183. The corporation petitions for exoneration from liability for the drowning on May 17, 1934, of one of its firemen, Earl Brashear, who had become violently insane several hours before he jumped overboard and was insane at the time of the drowning. In the alternative, the petition seeks limitation of liability to the value of the dredge and her freight pending for the dredging voyage on San Francisco…