Snare & Triest Co. v. United States

This controversy was originally before the court in 1911, 46 C. Cls., 109, the claimant company at that time recovering a judgment under a special jurisdiction act, 34 Stat. L., 2567, for $2,000. The suit was the result of a collision between the U. S. S. Colorado and the claimant’s barge, claimant at that time being engaged under contract with the Government in constructing an extension to certain piers at the League Island Navy Yard. The special jurisdictional act restricted in express words the extent of the recovery in event of liability in the first case, only “ damage to barge, tools,…