Arundel Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States

This .is a suit to recover the value of a barge and a load of sand thereon lost in a storm at sea. The facts are fully set out in the findings and it is unnecessary to rehearse them.

The barge with its .load of sand was moored by a rope to a cofferdam near the dock of the defendant, and owing to a sudden storm of wind, accompanied by heavy waves, the barge first began to sink and then, owing to the breaking of the rope by which it was attached to the cofferdam, it sank or apparently drifted away, as it was not afterwards located, though search was made.

The court has found that the place at…