Jay Wai Nam v. Anglo-American Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; John J. De Haven, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Jay Wai Nam and others, copartners, doing business under the name of Ti Hung Dung & Co. against the Anglo-American Oil Company, Dimited, owner of the British steamship Ap-palachee. Decree for respondent, and libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Besides the alleged want of seaworthiness of the vessel in question, the only real question in this case is whether the damage sustained by the merchandise of the appellants which was shipped' at Hongkong to San Francisco on the appellee’s steamship A.ppalachee is properly referable to a lack of care in its proper protection and custody by the officers of the ship, or to their fault or error in the management of the vessel.
It appears that the Appalachee is a “tank” ship, engaged in the *823transportation of oil from this country to the Orient, returning with general cargo to…
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