Guinan v. Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

The libelant Guinan is a citizen and resident of the state of New York, and he maintains an office in the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York. At the times hereinafter mentioned he was the owner of the barge Kathleen, which he used in his business of transporting merchandise by water, and which was without motive power of its own. It is alleged that prior to the damage hereinafter mentioned the barge was tight, staunch, and strong'. The libelant Garner was the master of the Kathleen at the times mentioned herein.

The Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Company, a…