People of California v. The Steamship Jules Fribourg

EDWARD P. MURPHY, District Judge.

This case concerns the liability of respondents to the libelant, the State of California, and to each other, for damage done by the vessel Jules Fribourg, owned by respondent Arrow Steamship Company, and chartered to respondent States Marine Corporation at the time of the collision.

Respondent Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company, another party to this case, has served 11 interrogatories, as amended, and 23 requests for admissions on respondent Arrow Steamship Company. The purpose of these interrogatories and requests for admissions, in the words of…