The Bulgaria
District Court, N.D. New York
This was a libel in rem by the Union Transit Company against the steamer Bulgaria to recover damages sustained by (he steamer W. H. Hteveus in collision with the Bulgaria. The court heretofore, on June 12, 189(5. rendered an opinion finding the Bulgaria solely in fault. 74 Fed. 898. The cause is now heard on exceptions to the commissioner's report on (he question of the amount of damages.
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This was a libel in rem by the Union Transit Company against the steamer Bulgaria to recover damages sustained by (he steamer W. H. Hteveus in collision with the Bulgaria. The court heretofore, on June 12, 189(5. rendered an opinion finding the Bulgaria solely in fault. 74 Fed. 898. The cause is now heard on exceptions to the commissioner's report on (he question of the amount of damages. Tlie commissioner allowed damages as shown in the following schedule attached to Ms report:
1Opinion of the Court
OOXE, District Judge.
I have read all the testimony and have reached the conclusion that all of the principal findings of fact in the report of the learned commissioner are correct.
Collision Damages. The amount found due the libelant for the *314damages occasioned by tbe collision appears to be a conservative award. It represents the sum actually paid for repairs made necessary by tbe collision. That these repairs were necessary and tbe amounts paid reasonable sufficiently appears. Indeed, a much larger bill might have been incurred for tbe reason that in tbe burry to put tbe vessel again at work…
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