Pettit v. Board of Chosen Freeholders
District Court, D. New Jersey
This was a libel in personam by Charles A. Pettit, agent, against the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Camden, N. J., to recover damages for the detention of certain vessels by the breakage of a county drawbridge.
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
The libel in this case is filed to recover damages for the detention of the schooner Oscar (t. Schmidt, and the steam tugs Israel H. Duncan and Laura, in Cooper creek, Camden county, in this district. It appears from the record that on February 17, 1897, the schooner, in. tow of the tugs, passed up the creek through the draw of the bridge which spans the same; and that upon their return trip they were unable to pass through the bridge. The canse of the failure was that, in attempting to open the draw, the main casting, which operated the pivot on which the draw…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Pettit v. Board of Chosen FreeholdersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1899