Haney v. The Louisiana
District Court, D. Maryland
[Libel in admiralty by Benjamin Haney, Charles Ogden, and John Trenchard, owners of the schooner Wm. K. Perrin, against the steamer Louisiana, and her captain, George W. Russell.]
1Opinion of the Court
GILES. District Judge.
The libel in this case was tiled to recover the value of the schooner Wm. K. Perrin, her cargo ot oysters, and personal property on board, consisting of schooner’s furniture, master’s clothing, &c., amounting in all to between four and live thousand dollars. The schooner was sunk, with every thing on board, on the night of the 20th February last, in the Chesapeake Bay, in consequence of a collision with the steamer Louisiana.
The libellants, in their said libel, state that the collision occurred in the following manner: “That on Saturday, the 20th February, 1S58, the said…
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