Dowdell v. United States District Court for Northern District of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
In the month of March,-1901, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, owner of the steamship City of Rio de Janeiro, filed its petition in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, alleging, among other things, that said steamship was lost and many of her passengers drowned or injured, and that said losses and injuries occurred without the privity or knowledge of said steamship company, without any fault or knowledge on its part, and praying that it be adjudged free from all liability for said losses and injuries, and, in the event that…
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