Compagnie Maritime Francaise v. Meyer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Southern Division of the Northern District of California; Robert S. Bean, Judge.
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Appeal from District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Southern Division of the Northern District of California; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Suit in. admiralty by the Compagnie Maritime Francaise, owner o^ the French bark Due D’Aumale, against Hermann L. E. Meyer, George H. C. Meyer, Hermann L. E. Meyer, Jr., J. W. Wilson, and John M. Quaile, partners under the style of Meyer, Wilson & Co., and cross-libel against the vessel. ' Decree for respondents on cross-libel, and libelant appeals. The French bark Due d’Aumale was chartered by the appellees to carry a cargo of coke and…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1J We think that the evidence sufficiently shows that the vessel was un-seaworthy when she started upon her voyage from Rotterdam. The evidence produced to show that she was at that time seaworthy as to her hull consists in the fact that before loading.she was surveyed *883by two experts appointed by tlie French consul at Rotterdam, also by the surveyor to the Bureau Veritas, and by the agents of the owner, and the testimony of those who made the inspection. The evidence that she was unseaworthy is the fact that so soo’n after starting upon her voyage, and…
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