v0327-367

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m THE

For The Ninth Circuit.

In Admiralty. yl/

ELFEIDA D. M. DOWDELL and

CHAELES E. DOWDELL, by L. M.

Hoefler, their guardian ad litem,

MRS. CHARLES DOWDELL and

the INSURANCE COMPANY OF

NORTH AMERICA,

Petitionees,

vs.

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT FOR THE NORTHERN

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA and

    1. DE HAVEN, Judge thereof.

Respondents.

BRIEF OF PETITIONERS

On Motion for an Order to Show Cause Why a

Writ of Mandate Should Not Issue to Com .^el

the District Court to Appoint a Colc-

missioner to Take Testimony in

Proof of Their Claims.

William Denman,

Richard P. Henshai,

Proctors for Petitioners.


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