The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-24
THE WESTFIELD DISASTER.
4 Widows Suit Against the Staten Island
Railroad Company for Damages for
the Loss OF Her ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Against the Company for
Five Thousand Dollars.
UNITED sIA1Es SUPREME COURT.

Question Touchin1 tho Conveyance OF Land
- Observation-Disclosures Testing q Qucs.
don mt Savannah Under the Marine LiabiI.
isy Acts-The Collision Between rho Vessels
Edwards and Ariadne-Appeal from tho
sseuthern District Court Of New York.
WASHINGTON, D. O.. Jan. %. 1877.
No. o. Frank b. Myers VS.. John F. Croft-Error
% the Circuit Court for the District OF Nebraska.
This Is an action In ejectment brought by the plain
an IN error In the Territorial Court Of Nebraska,
where II was pending when the State was admitted.
The land in question was government land, subject
pre-empted by one Fronly, who subsequently con.
teyed It to the Sulphur Springs Land Company, and
mon that the first conveyance was void; ana The
question Is, which conveyance passed the Zee, the
&nce made by the company was made before the
batent issued IL was vOIdY The defendant 10 error
Veipted for the purchase money, the fee Is vested,
and the pre.cmptor may convey title without refer
Gourt below. N. Cobb aud L. Douglass Tor plain
A6in error, Redick and Briggs Tor defendant.
No. So. Henry b. Plant vs. Josiah Stowell-Ap-
peal from the Supreme Court OF Georgla.--Ths
action was brought for the loss OF lumber, plank
and timber shipped from Augusta, Ca, to Savan.
nah on the steamboat Eclipse, belonging to the
plaintir In error ana one MiliNen. The defence
vas that the steamer was engaged In inter.
etate commerce between South Carolina and
Georgia, and that under the act OF Congress OF
Warch 3, 1851 6ntlteu IAN act 10 limit the Liability
o. ship owners in certain cases." the plaintlG In
errOr as part owner was discharged from all abil-
~, inasinuch as the testimony showed that the
loe5 OF the steamboat was occasoned by the mis-
conduct negligence Of her navgators without any
Q0lluslon Or participation the part her owners
The Court decided that the defence awaited nothing,
because the case tell within the exception made By
the act as to vessels used In river inland naviga
tOn. IL Is here commended that the Admiralty JuIis
0lctl0n OF The United States extends as well to all
inland navigation as to the great inland rivers and
mat all cases OF maritime contracts as well as tests
nn within that jurisdiction-the contract Of
adrelghtment (the contract In this easel being
among the most familiar Of maritime contracts.
Submitted printed briefs OF the plaintiff In error
represented by G. +. W. Johnston and Joseph p.
Mo- 80. Pentz ct al. vs.. the Steamer
Arasdne-Appeal from the Circuis Court OF
tho Southern district Of. New YORK. -
This ID Q case OF collision between the brig
edwards, owned by the appellant. ana the Ariadne,
which occurred about eleven O'Clock OF nigtSton
fhe 18th OF December, 1885, OF Barnegat on tho
Jersey coast some eight miles from land. Tie
brig was ON avoyage from havre to New York, and
lAChicola- The brig was not discovered ntll tho
steamer was SO near her that 1t was impossible "
keep ont OF her way, and she was struck on her
otArb0ard side abaft the main chains and sunk
shat turned upon the further question, whether or
Dot the brig had proper green starboard lighti 1t
being insisted on the part OF the steam er
lad not The District Court decided that she did
pot have such light as required by law AMI that this
bault led to the collision ana cast the burden her
20 show that the steamer was IN ault antf this not
being done the libel was dismissed. The Circuit
court affirmed the decree, and the case Is here for
below. John e. Parsons for appellants; Z. II.
owens for appelees.