Breymann v. Fore River Shipbuilding Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Action by George II. Breymann and others against the Fore River Shipbuilding Company to recover damages for injury .to scow.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
The libelants’ dredge Boston was being employed by them in dredging work in Boston Harbor under a government contract. On Thursday, November 29, 1900, slie was moored at a point about midway in the main ship channel of Boston Harbor, below Castle Island and above Spectacle Island, on one side of the channel, and about opposite the lower end of the Tower Middle shoal on the opposite side. Thursday, November 29th, was Thanksgiving Day, on which active work was suspended. The only men on board the dredge were the engineer and two firemen and a deck hand, who were spending…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- De Lelle v. The AtalantaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888