Legal Opinion
Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. National Oil Transport Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 18, 1922No. 52PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by the Magnolia Petroleum Company against the National Oil Transport Company, with the United States Shipping Board Emergency Eleet Corporation impleaded.
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, District Judge.
This is a libel, brought on behalf of the owners and crew of the tug George C. Greer to enforce an agreement for salvage executed by the master of the Bolikow while at sea, 120 miles from Tampico, on the following contract:
“To Master and Owners of Tug George 0. Greer: I agree to pay the sum-of fifteen thousand dollars for towing barge Bolikow hailing from Beaumont, Tex., of which National Oil & Transport Co., Galveston, Tex., are owners, to be towed to Tampico, Mexico. Master J. B. Bodden, Barge Bolikow.”
The libel also prays for an award, should the agreement not be…
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