40 F. 767 | S.D.N.Y. | 1889
The evidence leaves no doubt that -while the libelant’s canal-boat S. A. Derrick, loaded with ice, was lying moored alongside the bulk-head at Whitbeck’s Ice-House dock, North river, August 23, 1887, she received something of a blow, or contact, from another canal-boat, the Hummel, which had been towed to that dock by the tug S. 0. Pierce, and was cast off there by the tug. There is great contradiction as to all the details of the occurrences at the dock,—as to the tide'; the object of landing the Hummel; the maimer and kind of contact or blow; the number of other boats in tow of the Pierce; the time of landing; the length of the stop; and when the Hummel was removed. These contradictions are such as to make difficult any satisfactory decision as to those details. There are other undisputed circumstances, however, which bring the libelant’s claim to any substantial damage under so much