Kiernan v. The Leonard Richards

It appears from the proceedings in this cause that in May, 1887, a collision occurred in New York bay between the steam-ship Ludwig Holberg, outward bound, and the bark Quickstep, inward bound, laden with sugar consigned' to the F. O. Matthiessen Sugar Refining Company, and at the time of the collision being towed by the steam-tug Leonard Richards to her wharf at Jersey City. As a result of the collision, the Quickstep speedily sank, and, with her cargo, became a total loss. A libel being filed in this court by the owners and crew- of the Quickstep against the Leonard Richards, as the…