The America
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Action by the Bush Terminal Company against the steam lighter America for loss of cargo.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
The Bush Terminal Company claims in its libel that the steam lighter America was under charter to it on or about the 1st day of April, 1906, and while loaded with a cargo of coffee, staves, etc., which had been delivered to the libellant for carriage, she sank at a pier to which she was moored by reason of unseaworthiness. The owner of the coffee has assigned its claim to the libellant, amounting to $2,415.2(í, and the libellant has become liable on other cargo, to the extent of $1,203.53.
The answer of the claimant admits the charter, the sinking and loss or damage to…
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