Nesbit v. The Amboy

The above libelants were the owners of a cargo of brick on board the canal-boat Idle Hope, which was sunk on the 23d November, 1881, while in tow of the Amboy, by a collision with the Transfer No. 2, in going up the Fast river, to the westward of Blackwell’s island. Upon a previous action against the defendant vessels, brought by the owner of the Idle Hope, both tugs were found in fault, and a decree entered against both in December, 1884, which, upon appeal, was affirmed in the circuit on July 14, 1886. The Amboy, 22 Fed. Rep. 555. The libel in the present case was filed July 6, 1888. The…