City Of Long Beach v. National Development Company

289 F.2d 586 CITY OF LONG BEACH, a municipal corporation, Sigurd A. Ougland and J. A. Jacobsen & Company, Inc., a corporation, Appellants, v. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, a corporation, et al., Appellees. No. 16930. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. April 3, 1961, Rehearing Denied June 2, 1961. Ekdale & Shallenberger and Arch E. Ekdale and Gordon P. Shallenberger, San Pedro, Cal., Wahl?red Jacobson, City Atty. for City of Long Beach, Long Beach, Cal., John R. Nimocks, Deputy City Atty., San Pedro, Cal., for appellants. Lillick, Geary, McHose, Roethke & Myers, William A. C. Roethke, and Kenneth E. Kulzick, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee National Development Co. McCutchen, Black, Harnagel & Shea, Philip K. Verleger and Howard J. Privett, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee, Colibellants Aetna (Fire) Ins. Co. Before BARNES, HAMLIN and MERRILL, Circuit Judges. HAMLIN, Circuit Judge. 1 The National Development Company, appellee herein, is a Philippine corporation and the owner of the Philippine motorship Dona Aurora. It filed a libel in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, against the City of Long Beach, a…