Daly v. Quinlan

Citations

• 131 F. 394
• 1904 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210

Syllabus

<p>1. Navigable Waters — Docks—Projecting Rooks — Damages to Vessels— Negligence.</p> <p>Where the owner of a dock failed for Wo years after dredging the space along the dock to examine the same for obstructions, or to use reasonable care to provide and maintain a safe bottom for boats coming to the dock, though he was notified of a pointed rock lying in such bottom, and rising some 18 inches above the bed of the sea, he was guilty of negligence rendering him liable for injuries to a vessel caused by her settling on such rock with the falling of the tide.</p> <p>¶ 1. See Wharves, vol. 48, Cent. Dig. § 37.</p>