Lilliston v. The Manhasset
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. These were three libels against the ferry-boat Manhasset, the tug Portsmouth, and the Barge 40, jointly, and one libel against the tug and barge, for damages .from collision, which were consolidated, and heard together. The evidence submitted in these cases fills 885 type-written pages of legal-cap paper, and is augmented in volume by the usual complement of documentary exhibits.
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In Admiralty. These were three libels against the ferry-boat Manhasset, the tug Portsmouth, and the Barge 40, jointly, and one libel against the tug and barge, for damages .from collision, which were consolidated, and heard together. The evidence submitted in these cases fills 885 type-written pages of legal-cap paper, and is augmented in volume by the usual complement of documentary exhibits. In the main, it is very conflicting, and an undue proportion of it consists of tedious, unenlightening cross-examinations. In stating what I conclude to be the facts of the case, it would be well if I…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J".,
{after stating facts as above.) There can be no doubt that the libelants that have been named are entitled to damages. If the ferryboat was in fault they had contractual relations with it which justify damages for injuries. If the tug and barge were in fault, they are entitled to recover damages from them as for tort; and so I will first dispose of that part of the case before entering upon the question of fault. The case of Mrs. Lilliston is the most serious one. She was dangerously and painfully injured, though, fortunately, as has turned out, not permanently so. She suffered…
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