Phoenix Towing & Transp. Co. v. Mayor of New York

BROWN, District Judge.

About 3 or 4 o’clock in tbe afternoon of Sunday, the 19th of February, 1893, the libelant’s scow Seth Low, which had been used by the defendant for carrying garbage outside of Sandy Hook, was left at the Erie Basin breakwater, or sea fence. The place of mooring was comparatively safe, except as against strong westerly winds. During the night the wind changed from southward to a violent westerly gale, and the scow sank from pounding. The above libel was filed to recover damages.

¡Several of the libelant’s scows had been in use by the defendant under arrangements for daily…