Hartford & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. Hughes
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Action to recover for injury of vessel at respondents’ bulkhead.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
This action was brought by the libellant to recover the damages caused its barge, the H. & N. Y. T. Co. No. 3, and the cargo of stone on board, of which it was bailee, by sinking while lying at the respondents’ bulkhead in the East river, at Ravenswood, Long Island, on or about the 1st day of July, 1895.
The barge was 123 feet long and about 28 feet wide, and drew, when loaded as she was this day, 7 feet 4 inches forward and 8 feet 6 inches aft. The bulkhead had been constructed for two or three months before the accident. It was 75 feet long and had a depth of water of…
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