The John A. Berkman

Nelson, D. J.

This is a cause of damage. The libellants are the owners of the schooner John A. Bcrkman, and the *536respondents are the proprietors of a coal wharf in East Boston. On the twenty-eighth of November, 1878, the schooner arrived at this port, having on board a cargo of coal consigned to the respondents. On the following day she entered the dock, but before reaching her discharging berth at the wharf she grounded. At the next tide, in the night-time, a further attempt was made to haul her to her berth, but failed. The next day, at high water, the attempt was renewed, and this time with…