Legal Opinion
United States v. Eagle Star Ins. Co., Limited
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1952No. 13122PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
William F. Leland of Seattle, Washington, the above decedent, was the owner of a DC-3 airplane. On the evening of January 2, 1949, the plane attempted to take off from Boeing Field at Seattle, loaded with a group of 27 Yale students returning to school from their Christmas holidays. The plane crashed killing a number of the students, as well as Leland, the pilot, and the co-pilot, and destroying the plane. In the crack-up the plane struck some installations owned by King County, Washington, causing damage thereto.
Leland, who was operating the plane as a nonscheduled…
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- Western Casualty & Surety Co. v. WeimarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
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