Gildersleeve v. New York, N. H. & H. R.

BROWH, District Judge.

This libel was %led against the above railroad company by tbe owner of the barge Volunteer to recover damages for injuries received by tbe barge between 1 and 2 a. m. of September 5,1895, in running upon the riprap foundation of the southerly rest pier of the railroad bridge over the Connecticut liver at Middle-town, Conn. The barge was going up the river with the flood tide, in tow of the tug Luther C. Ward, upon a hawser about 300 feet long, designing to pass through the east channel of the open,draw. Astern of the Volunteer, and on a hawser of about 300 feet, was…