Legal Opinion
Shipowners & Merchants Tugboat Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1953No. 13439PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree awarding damages in the amount of $1,500 to the United States for injury to its Steamship Golden Gate in a collision with one of appellant’s tugs in San Francisco Bay.
The parties are agreed (1) that the tug was solely in fault; (2) that the cost of repairing the Golden Gate’s injuries is $5,650; (3) that if the appellant’s contention does not prevail the decree for $1,500 is' a proper determination of the tug owner’s liability after limitation; and (4) that if the tug owner’s contention prevails, the amount we should decree is…
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