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TODD ENGINEERING, DRY DOCK & REPAIR CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 5393.

32 F.2d 734 (1929)

TODD ENGINEERING, DRY DOCK & REPAIR CO., Inc., v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 24, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. H. Terriberry, Jos. M. Rault, and Walter Carroll, all of New Orleans, La. (Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellant.

Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to U. S. Atty., W. I. Connelly, Atty. U. S. Shipping Board, and W. B. Spencer, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., all of New Orleans, La., for the United States.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States, owner of the steamship West Ira, filed a petition in the District Court in which it was alleged that a fire occurred in the fire room of the ship while the Todd Engineering, Dry Dock & Repair Company was engaged in the performance of a contract to do certain repair work upon the boilers and boiler doors; that the workmen of the Todd Company, upon discovering the fire, left the ship without removing the acetylene gas tanks...

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