Williamson v. The Alphonso
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. [This was a libel for salvage by Augustus Williamson against the brig Alphonso and cargo. The district court decreed in favor of libelant (case unreported), and claimant appeals.]
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIS, Circuit Justice.
This is a cause of salvage. The material facts are as follows: On the 29th day of August, 1852, the schooner Fawn, whereof the libellant was chief mate, sailed from the harbor of St. Thomas, in the island of St. Thomas, bound for Turks Island, in company with the brig Alphonso, bound for Rum Key. The courses of the two vessels being the same, till their arrival off Turks Island, there was an understanding between their masters that they would keep company up to that point. The Alphonso was a brig, of about 240 tons burden, and had a master, two mates, five foremost…
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