Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree holding the Steamer Baja California,, owned by the appellant Republic of Mexico, hereinafter called the Republic, liable and awarding damages for the sinking and ■total loss of the American Schooner Lottie Carson in the Harbor of Mazatlan, Mexico, by the Baja California, then towing the *855Mexican Steamer Campeche, causing her tow to collide with the Lottie Carson. The sole question on the appeal is the validity of an order of the district court denying the Republic’s claim of the Baja California’s immunity from the jurisdiction of that…