The Washington
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit by the Coastwise Dredging Company, as owner •of Scow No. 6, against the steamers Washington, Maryland, and Augusta.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
The libel in this cáse was filed to recover damages against the three steamships, for injuries alleged to have been sustained' by the sinking of one of libelant’s scows on the 13th day of July, 1909, in Elizabeth river, near Lambert’s Point. The facts are, briefly, these: The libelant company was engaged in dredging on the eastern side of the river, at the point in question, and in such service used the ordinary dredging plant, consisting of barges, scows, etc. When the mud was dug, it was loaded on scows, and then taken to a mooring on the opposite side of the river,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ladd v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1951