In re P. Sanford Ross, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. On petition of P. Sanford Ross, Incorporated, for limitation of liability.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
A verdict has been recovered for $8,000 in an action brought by Ida Wenderlin, as administratrix, etc., of Frithof Wenderlin, deceased, who was killed upon a scow or barge owned by the petitioner herein, and upon which there was in operation at the time a pile driver of the usual form. This pile driver was moved around from place to place by tugs. At this time it was close to shore in shallow water, where the scow could be held by hawsers and moved about as was necessary, unless it rested upon the bottom at low tide.
The accident in question occurred upon the 27th day…
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