Martin v. Lotz

The action is to recover for injuries to the plaintiff’s boat, which on September 21, 1938, was damaged while moored in the waters of a cove of the Connecticut River at Essex, Connecticut. The damage is alleged to have been caused by a collision between the plaintiff’s boat and one owned by the defendant, which collision is alleged to have been due to the breaking away from its moorings of the defendant’s-boat during a severe storm, which so tossed it about as to cause it to batter and beat against the plaintiff’s boat.

The breaking away and damage by the defendant’s boat is alleged to have…