Reilly v. Tuohy & Upton, Inc.

CHATFIEHD, District Judge.

The charge of damage depends upon a comparatively slight physical unevenness, or upon the constituents of the river’s bottom forming the berth just outside, or to the north, of the highway bridge in blushing creek, at a point where substantially but one loading berth is usable, because of the presence of a crane required in unloading the cargoes. The barge Good News, which is of moderate size, drawing some 9 feet of water when loaded, came in to the dock late on Saturday afternoon, and found another barge, the Murphy, with a draft of about 12 feet when loaded, lying…