Higgins v. Lynn Gas-Light Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
This was an action brought by Aaron S. Higgins el al., owners of the schooner Calvin P. Harris, for injuries sustained by the schooner while entering a dock belonging to the Lynn Gas-Light Company.
1Opinion of the CourtNelson, J.
The Lynn Gas-Light Company is the owner of a private wharf and dock in the harbor of Lynn; the upper or shore end of tho wharf being used by the company as a coal wharf. The approach to the coal wharf for vessels is by a dredged channel extending across the flats, and by the dock above mentioned dredged out along tho easterly side of the wharf. The schooner Calvin P. Harris, from Philadelphia, arrived at the outer end of the wharf on the morning of .seventh of September, 1885, having on board a cargo of 645 tons of coal owned by the company, which, by direction of the company’s agent, was to…
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