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GRAHAM v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

Civ. No. 4096.

139 F.Supp. 271 (1955)

Stella GRAHAM, Plaintiff, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY and Compania Colombiana De Navegacion Maritima, Ltda., Defendants.

District Court, Canal Zone Division Balboa.

February 1, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Siclen, Ramirez & de Castro, Ancon, Canal Zone, for plaintiff.

Paul A. Bentz, David J. Markun, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, and Francis F. Sulley, for defendant, Panama Canal Co.

L. S. Carrington, Ancon, Canal Zone, and Carlos Icaza A, Panama, Republic of Panama, for defendant, Compania Colombiana De Navegacion Maritima, Ltda.

CROWE, District Judge.

The Court overruled the defendant Panama Canal Company's demurrer to the plaintiff's original complaint because there was no allegation therein that the ship on which plaintiff was a passenger had transited the canal and a good cause of action was set forth in the complaint under the general laws of negligence and under the general waiver of sovereign immunity authorized by Congress in setting up the defendant as a corporation with power to...

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