In re Mexican-American Fruit & Steamship Corp.

BORAH, District Judge.

This is a petition filed by tbe Mexican-American Fruit & Steamship Corporation, owner of tbe steamship Yuma, for tbe benefit of tbe acts of Congress for limiting tbe liability of owners of vessels. Tbe petition alleges that on March 5, 1926, tbe Yuma, with passengers, cargo, and mails on board, left New Orleans bound for Yera Cruz, Mexico; that she was under the command of an experienced master, was efficiently officered, manned, equipped, and supplied for the voyage, and was proceeding down the Mississippi river in charge of a compulsory pilot. At 7:20 p. m., when about…