Chalmers v. Howell
District Court, S.D. New York
[These are two libels. One by David Y. Howell against the schooner Maud Webster, George S. -Chalmers and others owners, to recover damages sustained by a collision between the schooner and Howell’s derrick. The other was by the owners of the schooner against Howell to recover the damages sustained by the schooner, due to such collision, which they claimed was owing to Howell’s negligence in placing his derrick in such a position.)
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
David V. Howell files a libel against the schooner Maud Webster, to recover the sum of $4,000, as the amount of the damages sustained by him, in consequence of the schooner’s having come in contact with a derrick and other articles belonging to the libellant. The libel alleges that the libellant, under a contract between himself and the proper officer of the United States, acting for the United States, was engaged in furnishing the materials for, and constructing the pier for, a light house to be erected at the Middle Ground, Stratford Shoals, in Long Island Sound,…
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