Lewis v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.

ADAMS, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the libellant to recover from the respondent, The Barber Asphalt Paving Company, and from the tug Thomas Quigley, the damages incident to the sinking of a lighter named the Stamford, at a bulkhead, used as a wharf, of the Asphalt Company at Newark, New Jersey, on the 17th day of November, 1901. The libellant was part owner of the Stamford at the time and subsequéntly became the assignee of all other rights to recover losses arising from the sinking.

It appears that the Stamford was employed to transport a cargo of 175 tons of stone dust,…