Smith v. Gould

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by John A. Smith, the owner of the steam canal boat William. Spencer, to recover the damages he sustained through the sinking of the boat in the vicinity ■of a wharf belonging to Howard Gould, at Sands Point, Long Island. The respondents John C. Udall and the Abbot-Gamble Contracting Company, were doing some work for Gould at his place there and the boat went to the wharf to deliver to them some 1000 barrels of cement, to be used in the work. The boat arrived at the wharf on the 22nd day of April, 1902, and was placed at one end thereof and…