BOSTON SAND CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 15.

278 U.S. 41 (1928)

BOSTON SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 18, 1928.

Decided November 19, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Davis, with whom Mr. Foye M. Murphy was on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Farnum, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. John T. Fowler, Jr., were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a libel in admiralty brought by the petitioner to recover for damages done to its steam lighter Cornelia by a collision with the United States destroyer Bell. It is brought against the United States by authority of a special Act of May 15, 1922, c. 192, 42 Stat. 1590. There has been a trial in which both vessels ultimately were found to have been...

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