Case Name: THE SOUTH COAST. In re HOBBS, WALL & CO.
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1933-10-12
Citations: 7 F. Supp. 727
Docket Number: No. 21347
Parties: THE SOUTH COAST. In re HOBBS, WALL & CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 7
Pages: 727–728

Head Matter:
THE SOUTH COAST. In re HOBBS, WALL & CO.
No. 21347.
District Court, N. D. California, S. D.
Oct. 12, 1933.
Lillick, Olson & Graham, of San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners.
H. W. Hutton, of San Francisco, Cal., for one group of claimants.
Ford & Johnson and Carl A. Onkka, all of San Francisco, Cal., for other group of petitioners.

Opinion:
KERRIGAN, District Judge.
I believe that section 606 of 28 USCA applies to all matters published upon the order of a court and not exclusively to matters published in behalf of the government. Were the publication of the citation a proper item of costs against the contestants, it should be taxed at the rate fixed in said section. However, the publication of the citation is a cost of administration of the limitation proceedings and not a cost of its contest. Under the principles enunciated in I Benedict on Admiralty, p. 622, § 518, only the costs of contest are chargeable to the losing party contesting the right to limit liability.
It is ordered that the item "Publication of citation" be disallowed, and costs are hereby taxed at $93.76.