GODDARD, District Judge.
This action is brought by the government to recover the sum of $1,040.01 for damages to a submarine cable conveying electric current from Brooklyn across Buttermilk Channel to Governors Island. It was brought on the common-law side of the court, and, under stipulation of counsel, the testimony has been presented to a jury of one, and under a further provision of the stipulation each side has now moved for a direction of a verdict.
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