Legal Opinion

Santos v. The Cachemire

District Court, D. South Carolina

Decided March 30, 1889PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Admiralty. Libels for salvage. Libels by Lopez, owner of the tugs Catherine, Cecilia, and Reliance, and by Santos and others, owners of the pilot-boat Charleston, for services rendered the steam-ship Cachemire.

1Opinion of the CourtSimonton, J.

These libels, claiming salvage, were consolidated at the hearing. The Cachemire, a French steam-ship, propeller, built of steel, *519being in length at least 346 feet, and of 2,540 tons burden, was on her voyage from Bio to New York, laden with coffee. Her cargo was valued at $103,000. Her freight was $1,050. She herself was insured at $150,-000, and was worth about $200,000. On 29th January last, after a gale' of some violence, in longitude 72° 40', latitude 84°, she lost her rudder, being about 250 miles E. S. E. of Cape Halteras. With great skill and ingenuity the master of the steam-ship…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  3. Williamson v. The AlphonsoU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1853
  4. Hope v. The DidoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1840
  5. Dexter v. The RichmondDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1841

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