Union Ferry Co. v. United States

GODDARD, District Judge.

This libel was filed by the Union Ferry Company of New York & Brooklyn, as owner of the ferryboat Montauk, to recover damages arising out of a collision which occurred on December 27, 1918, between the ferryboat Montauk and the United States Navy tug Mohave.

The suit by the Ferry Company was brought after a special act enabling it to sue the United States had been passed by the Congress on June 9, 1932 (47 Stat. 1670), as the result of many years of diligent effort on the part of the libelant.

On December 30, 1932, the United States filed a cross-libel to recover damages…