Crossan v. Wood
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit against a wharfinger for damage occasioned to libelant’s vessel by reason of alleged obstructions at wharf.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On the night of July 21, 1888, the libelant’s canal-boat Cora Bell was lying alongside- the respondents coal dock in an arm of Gowanus canal. She was damaged, as the libelant contends, by being caught at the bows, as the tide went down, upon some obstruction consisting of rocks or timbers under the water at the upper end of respondent’s dock. The boat had been made fast at high tide early in the evening by three lines,, with about three feet slack, as stated by the captain of the boat. The tide fell about five feet. At about 2 o’clock at night, the boat was found to have a list to starboard.…
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