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THE NOOTKA SOUND, NO. V-305-G

No. 14464.

51 F.Supp. 544 (1943)

THE NOOTKA SOUND, NO. V-305-G.

District Court, W. D. Washington, N. D.

August 31, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Acheson and George Eldon Smith, both of Seattle, Wash., for libelant.

Matthew Stafford, of Seattle, Wash., for claimant and respondent.

BOWEN, District Judge.

The "Nootka Sound", a Candian fishing steamship, is alleged in the libel to have negligently collided with and damaged libelant's dock at the Puget Sound Naval Academy on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, allegedly because the helmsman went to sleep at the wheel.

By appropriate exceptions to the libel, proctor for claimant and respondent contends that the court has no jurisdiction in admiralty in proceedings against the vessel to recover...

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