Braker v. F. W. Jarvis Co.

ADAM'S, District Judge.

This action was brought by Henry J. Braker & Brother against the F. W. Jarvis Company to recover the damage suffered through the sinking of the barge Helen McLeod on the 20th of December, 1906, at pier 49, North River. There were loaded on the barge at the said pier 529 bags of Castor Seed belonging to the libellants, and during the night, or the ensuing morning, the barge filled and sank, causing a loss of 488 bags of the said cargo, of the claimed value of $3320.34. The respondent was under a contract with the libellants to transport 2938 bags of Castor Seed of which…