Young v. Lehmann

On the fourth of June, 1880, about 1:30 p. m., while the libelants’ ship Stranton was discharging a cargo of spiegel iron *384upon the dock at the foot of Noble street, Williamsburgh, a portion of the pier, about 30 feet long by 20 feet in width gave way, and 93 tons of spiegel iron slid into the water. Seventy tons were recovered ; the other 23 were lost. The respondents, claiming that the loss was through the fault of the ship, retained from the freight the sum of $1,145.31, to recover which this libel was filed.

The right to' recover depends upon the question whether the ship was in fault by…