Converse v. Brainerd
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Motion in error from a judgment of the superior court. The facts, which were specially found by the superior court, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
The defendants undertook, as - common carriers by water, to transport for the plaintiff a certain quantity of salt from New York to Norwich. Their vessel, with the salt on board, reached the entrance of New London harbor, where she was obliged to stop and anchor, it being very dark and foggy. She anchored directly in the channel of the harbor, and, to guard against accidents as far as possible, her captain caused lights to be placed in the rigging, *608and a watch was set on deck. The steamer Worcester, in coming down from Norwich on her regular.trip to New York, ran into the vessel and sunk her…
2Cited by1 opinion
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