Camden & A. R. Transp. Co. v. The Lotty
District Court, S.D. New York
[In admiralty. Libel by the Camden & Am-boy Railroad Transportation Company, owners of the steamboat Independence, against the Swedish bark Lottv (Eric G. Donham, claimant).]
1Opinion of the Court
BETTS, District Judge.
At the moment this opinion is to be pronounced the court has learned the deplorable loss of the barque and her master and mate, in the recent tempest off our coast. Still it is necessary to render the decree demanded by the pleadings and proofs in the case.
In the afternoon of the 15th of December last, the barque, a Swedish vessel, arrived in this port and was moored by the pilot who brought her in, at pier No. 2, North river. She was secured fore and aft, by a % inch chain, and the great preponderance of evidence is, as was admitted by the counsel for the claimant and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bulloch v. The LamarU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Georgia · 1844