Charleston Bridge Co. v. The John C. Sweeney
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
In Admiralty. Libels by the Charleston Bridge Company against the schooner John C. Sweeney and the tug Belief, and by Daniel E. Higbee, master of the schooner John C. Sweeney, against the Charles-ion Bridge Company and another. The first libel was retained for further testimony; the other two dismissed.
1Opinion of the Court
SI MONTON, District -Judge.
These are a libel in rem. and a libel In personam. The original libel in rein was brought by the Charleston. Bridge Company against the schooner John C. Kweeney and the tug Belief, for collision with the drawbridge over the Ashley river. The second libel is in personam, brought in behalf oí ihe owners of ihe schooner John O. Bweeney against the Charleston Bridge Company and the owners of the tug Belief, for damages resulting from riie same collision.
Tiie facts immediately attending the collision are easily stated. The schooner John C. Sweeney readied the port of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Steamboat Co. v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gildersleeve v. New York, N. H. & H. R.District Court, S.D. New York · 1897