The" Wanata"
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe.Circuit Court of tbe United States-for tbe Southern'District-of New York. This was a libel against tbe .“ Wanata;” to recover. $23,000 damages caused by, her colliding, with thepilot-boat “ Josiab Johnson ”■ about nine o’clock p.M., on the 6th of March, 1869. "The. libellant, Johnson, wap - -the -ownep bf the pilot-boat, and the others were the owners of certain clothing and other property oh board of her.- The “Wanata ” was .on a-voyage from.
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Appeal from tbe.Circuit Court of tbe United States-for tbe Southern'District-of New York. This was a libel against tbe .“ Wanata;” to recover. $23,000 damages caused by, her colliding, with thepilot-boat “ Josiab Johnson ”■ about nine o’clock p.M., on the 6th of March, 1869. "The. libellant, Johnson, wap - -the -ownep bf the pilot-boat, and the others were the owners of certain clothing and other property oh board of her.- The “Wanata ” was .on a-voyage from. New York to Charleston;- and the wind was very strong from the north-west. The pilot-boat, having split her foresail, was at anchor off…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Ship-owners" aré in ho case liable for any loss, damage, or injury occasioned by collision beyond the amount of their interest in. the colliding' ship and her, freight pending, except for’ costs and interest by the way. of damages .in case of default of .payment and suit to récovér the amount. 9 Stat. 635; The Propeller Niagara v. The Cordes, 21 How. 7. Nor are the stipulators, either for cost or value, ever liable for any default of- their- principal beyond the amount specified in the stipulation which they- gave, except for costs and intérést by, the way of damages in case of their own…
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