The John L. Hasbrouck

APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.

This was a libel by the owners of the sloop 'Venus' against the steam-propeller 'John L. Hasbrouck,' to recover damages for the sinking of the sloop by a collision with the propeller on the Hudson River, near West Point, on the night of Nov. 27, 1869. The District Court held that the collision was caused by the sole fault of the 'Venus,' and entered a decree dismissing the libel; which decree having been affirmed by the Circuit Court, the libellant brought the case here.

Argued by Mr. William Allen Butler for the appellant, and by Mr. R. D. Benedict, contra.

MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.