Humphreys v. Charles Warner Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
In Admiralty. Libel in personam by Joseph H. Humphreys, master and part owner of the steamer Fannie H., against the Charles Warner Co., owners of the schooner Sandsnipe, for damages for collision.
1Opinion of the CourtWales, J.
The libelant is the master and part owner of the small steam-boat Fannie H., which, on the 10th of August, 1888, ivas moored along-side of the city wharf on the Christiana river, a short distance west of the foot of Church street, with her bow pointing down the river. She was employed during the summer in carrying fruit and vegetables from the vicinity of Salem, N. J., to Wilmington, and had come in on the morning of the day named between 11 o’clock A. m. and 12 m. Late in the afternoon of the same day, while the steam-boat was remaining in the position just described, the defendant’s…
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