Legal Opinion
Matheson v. Norfolk & North America Steam Shipping Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1934No. 7438PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty in an action whereby libelant/appellee, the Norfolk & North America Steam Shipping Company, Limited, owner of the British motorship Pacific Commerce, a steel steamer 42,0 feet long, 54 feet in beam, and 2& feet in depth, sought to recover from appellant Matheson, as pilot, damages alleged to have resulted from the grounding of said vessel on Desdemona Sands, opposite the Port of Astoria, Or., on October 29', 1931, while Matheson was in charge of the navigation of the vessel as pilot.
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