Cardinale v. Union Oil Company

250 F.2d 391 Frances CARDINALE, Ann F. Cardinale, Horace A. Cardinale and Frank J. Cardinale, Minors, by Frances Cardinale, Their Guardian Ad Litem, Appellants, v. UNION OIL COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee. No. 15492. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Dec. 4, 1957. Morgan & Beauzay, Luther Clark, San Jose, Cal., Morton L. Silvers, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. Frederic G. Nave, Boyd & Taylor, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. Before DENMAN, BARNES and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges. DENMAN, Circuit Judge. 1 Mrs. Cardinale appeals from an order made and entered on December 18, 1956 denying her motion to make a matter of record a verbal order setting aside the findings of fact and decree denying her claim under 46 U.S.C.A. 740 1 for damages for appelleehs negligent conduct in supplying fuel two her husband's fishing boat, making it a dangerous vessel the explosion on which caused his death. 2 The decree on her libel adverse to her was made and entered on January 30, 1956, D.C., 136 F.Supp. 487 . Appellant on March 14, 1956 made a verbal motion to set aside the decree for a reconsideration of the findings. The Clerk's transcript of this transaction reads as…