Gulf Transit Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Florida, owning and operating certain steamships between Pensacola, Fla., and other Gulf of Mexico ports, one of these steamships being the August Belmont. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Florida, owning and operating certain steamships between Pensacola, Fla., and other Gulf of Mexico ports, one of these steamships being the August Belmont. II. Tn May,. 1904, the United States owned and operated at and in connection with the Pensacola Navy-Yard, adjacent to Pensacola, Fla., a dock in which, in addition to all necessary services to vessels of the United States, vessels belonging to private owners were…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimant’s right to recover depends upon the force and effect to be given to the rules governing the docking of mer*195chant vessels at the Pensacola Navy-Yard and the action of the government officers thereunder.
The rules under which the claimant company was permitted to dock its vessel, of which its officers in charge were advised, among other things provide:
“ 4. Vessels allowed' to enter the dock must furnish at their own expense such tugs as the commandant may direct to assist them in entering and leaving the dock.
“ 5. The Navy Department…
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