Legal Opinion
United States v. Los Angeles Soap Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1936No. 7783PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.
An original libel and two amended libels were brought by the Los Angeles Soap Company, one of the appellees, to recover for shortage and contamination of a consignment of cocoanut oil shipped, in September, 1927, in the deep tanks of the steamship West Cajoot, owned by the appellant, from Manila to Los Angeles.
The appellant filed two libels to recover general average contribution alleged to have been due from the appellees, as a result of expenditures following the stranding of the West Cajoot off the coast of Japan.
Since most of the testimony was by deposition, the…
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