Denty v. The Martin Dallman
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This was a libel by Silas Denty against the steam propeller Martin Dallmau to recover damages for a collision. The court below rendered a decree dismissing the libel, and libelant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
Silas Denty, owner of the schooner William D. Clark, tiled a libel against the steam propeller Martin Dall-man for damages done Ms schooner by a collision. The schooner Clark was lying at the arsenal wharf at a point where the channel was fully 200 feet wide. The tug Dallmau, with a tow of two barges, was endeavoring to turn the corner of the wharf and enter the channel of James Creek Canal, which was 70 feet wide. The schooner was moored to the wharf with her bow to the east, and with her stem not much, if any, beyond the east end of said wharf. The night was not very…
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