The Santa Rita
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Suit in admiralty by the Sociéié Nouvelle d’Arniement, as owner of the bark Boieldieu, against the steamer Santa Rita; the United Steamship Company,, claimant. Decree for respondent (173 Fed. 4Id), and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, District Judge.
The Société Nouvelle d’Armcment, a corporation of France, brought this libel against the American steamer Santa Rita, to recover damages for injuries inflicted upon the Boiel-dieu, a three-masted steel bark belonging to the libelant. The lower oourt found that the alleged negligent act of the defendant was not a proximate, but remote, cause of the injury. The libelant sued out this appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant.
The material uncontroverted facts are substantially as follows: The Santa Rita, an oil burning steam vessel, 450 feet long, 'was. moored to the…
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