United States v. The S.S. Soya Atlantic

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Thé Soya Atlantic and her owner seek an order under Admiralty Rule 32, 28 U.S.C.A., requiring the government to produce the record of an investigation conducted by a Navy Board of Inquiry of the collision between the Soya Atlantic and the U.S.-S. Darby (DE 218) which forms the basis of this suit. Proctors for the Soya Atlantic say that they wish to *304compare the • statements • of the several witnesses given to the Navy Board with the testimony which those witnesses will give at the trial. The government objects on the grounds (1) that no good cause has been shown, and (2)…