Price v. The Sontag

The libelant sues to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by his canal-boat, T. A. McIntyre, by coming in contact with the fluke of the Sontag’s anchor on the 15th of February, 1888, under the following circumstances: Both vessels had been lying for several days in the Standard Oil-Dock, at Bayonne, in the state of New Jersey, with their bows pointing in the sanie direction, and their port sides securely fastened to the wharf by bow, breast, and stern lines. The Sontag was astern of the McIntyre, at a distance of not exceeding five feet. The bark, being loaded nearly to her full…