Legal Opinion

Law

District Court, D. Maine

Decided May 7, 1903No. 56PublishedCited by 10 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit to recover for salvage services.

1Opinion of the Court

HALE, District Judge.

On Sunday morning, February I, 1903, the four-masted schooner Lyman M. Law, of New Haven, Conn., of the burden of 1,154 tons net, with a cargo of 1,935 tons °f Pocahontas coal, was lying at anchor about halfway between Nauset and Chatham lights, off the coast of Cape Cod, between two and three miles from the beach, with both anchors down, in about 20 fathoms of water, and with no crew on board. She had cleared at Norfolk, Va., on a voyage to Portland, Me., carrying a crew .of 11 men all told, namely, Capt. John E. Blake, master, a mate, second mate, steward, engineer, and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mason v. Ship BlaireauSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
  2. The SandringhamDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1882
  3. The Henry EwbankU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1833
  4. Bristol City Lime Co. v. The Agnes ManningDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1894
  5. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. De ArroteguiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1887

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. EX-USS Cabot/DedaloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  2. The AlcazarDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1915
  3. The Brina P. PendletonDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1912
  4. The Rebecca ShepherdDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1906
  5. Central Wharf Towboat Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1924

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