The North Star
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[These were libels by William H. Reynolds and others, owners of the Ella Warley, against Cornelius Vanderbilt, claimant for the North Star, and Cornelius Vanderbilt against William H. Reynolds and others, in which the district court decreed the Ella Warley to be solely in fault. (Case unreported.) An appeal was taken to the circuit court, where both vessels were held to be in fault, and the loss divided.
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[These were libels by William H. Reynolds and others, owners of the Ella Warley, against Cornelius Vanderbilt, claimant for the North Star, and Cornelius Vanderbilt against William H. Reynolds and others, in which the district court decreed the Ella Warley to be solely in fault. (Case unreported.) An appeal was taken to the circuit court, where both vessels were held to be in fault, and the loss divided. (Case No. 10,331.) An appeal was then taken to the supreme court, where the decree of the circuit court was affirmed. 106 U. S. 17, 1 Sup. Ct. 41. It is now heard to ascertain the value of…
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.
There is a marked difference between the values put upon the Ella .Warley by the witnesses for the respective parties, as her value at the time she was sunk, February 9th, 1863. William Boardman, a builder and repairer of engines, who made repairs on her after the libellants bought her, values her at from $130,000 to $140,000, after the repairs. This he does on the idea that the repairs amounted to from $40,000 to $50,000. and that she was worth, before the repairs, from $75,000 to $80,000.
■Joseph Belknap, the superintendent of Mr. Boardman’s establishment, values…
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