Kaser v. Pacific S. S. Co.

(after stating the facts as above). A salvage service is a service which contributed immediately to the preservation or rescue of property in peril at sea, The Frances L. Skinner (D. C.) 248 Fed. 818, and the property must be saved by the parties claiming the compensation, The Alabamian, 1 Fed. Cas. 283, No. 128; The Edam (D. C.) 13 Fed. 135. Taking passengers from a sinking ship, rendering no service in rescuing the vessel, is not a salvage sendee. The Geo. W. Clyde (D. C.) 80 Fed. 157. Prior to Salvage Act Aug. 1, 1912 (Comp. St. §•§ 7990-7994), saving life was considered a common duty of…