The Nebraska

BENEDICT, District Judge.

These are two actions, which were tried together, brought by the owners of the canal-boat Sarah Ball, and the owners of certain cargo on board that boat, to recover the damages sustained by the respective libellants in a collision which occurred at pier No. 39, in this harbor, on the 20th day of November, 1867. There is little or no dispute as to the facts, which are as follows: The canal-boat lay at the end of pier No. 39. inside of a schooner, being there engaged in delivering her cargo of coal. The place was a proper place for her to lie; she was properly moored,…