Gumbert v. Wood

Citations

• 146 Pa. 370
• 23 A. 404
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 1232

Syllabus

<p>1. The owner of a tow-boat has no right to destroy the coal boat of the plaintiffs, sunk in the channel, in the general interest of navigation; but in such case only, as shows clearly that the position of the sunken boat demands its destruction, to save a serious loss of money or property to the defendant.</p> <p>2. That the defendant, in this ease, would have suffered delay and expense by double-tripping in passing the plaintiffs’ sunken boat in sections, was no justification for the destruction of the boat; and whether the defendant should have double-tripped, under all the circumstances, was a question for the jury.</p>