Anderson v. Alaska S. S. Co.

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree in a limitation proceeding in admiralty, dismissing the claims filed, and exempting and discharging the owner of tho vessel from any and all loss, damage, destruction, or injury arising out of or upon a certain voyage. The material facts are as follows:

Tho steamship Victoria, owned by the Alaska Steamship Company, sailed from the port of Nome, Alaska, on August 22, 1924, and, after touching at several way ports in Alaska, arrived at Seattle, Wash., on September 4 of the same year. At the time of leaving Nome the vessel had on board…