Gonzales v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court : I. The claimants herein are citizens of the United States, residing in Houston, Tex. II. On June 11, 1904, the defendants owned and had in their possession in the Sabine Harbor, Texas, a caisson intended for use in the construction of the Sabine Bank light station.
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The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court : I. The claimants herein are citizens of the United States, residing in Houston, Tex. II. On June 11, 1904, the defendants owned and had in their possession in the Sabine Harbor, Texas, a caisson intended for use in the construction of the Sabine Bank light station. This caisson was a metal cylinder 32 feet in diameter, drawing 16 feet of water, and projecting 14 feet above the water, ballasted with concrete. It was lashed to the port bow of the U. S. light-house tender Arbutus, a steam vessel…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is a claim for salvage by the steam tug Dorothy in checking a metal caisson, belonging to the United States, from drifting out to sea.
The caisson, 32 feet in diameter, drawing 16 feet of water, and projecting 14 feet above water, ballasted with concrete, was lashed to the port bow of the United States light-house tender Arbutus for carriage to the site of the Sabine Bar light-house, some 16 miles distant. On June 11, 1904, at about 7.45 p. m., after the Dorothy, then under contract with, the Government, had moored in the harbor for the…
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