New England Foundation Co. v. Rugo Const. Co.

SWEENEY, District Judge.

This is a libel in admiralty by the New England Foundation Company, Inc., owner of Lighter -No. 1, against the Rugo Construction Company to recover .for damage sustained by the lighter while under charter to the respondent.

Findings of Fact

On July 5, 1941, the respondent, Rugo Construction Company, entered into a contract with the Navy Department, Bureau of Yards and Docks, to perform certain construction work at the Naval Air Station, Squantum, Massachusetts.

On August 28, 1941, the libellant demise chartered Lighter No. 1 to the respondent on the following terms: “One…