Conklin v. R. P. & J. H. Staats Co.

CROSS, District Judge.

The libel-in this case was filed for the purpose of recovering damages for injuries to the scow-Sarah while used for carrying crushed stone, also for the loss of her furniture, tackle, cargo, etc. The respondent is a New Jersey corporation, and at the time of the injury to the scow was engaged in building docks and piers for the North German Dloyd Steamship Company, on the Hudson river at Hoboken, to replace docks and piers which had been destroyed by fire. ■ The contract involved work of great extent' and importance, and which, although commenced in 1900, was not…