Rees v. United States

DE HAVEN, District Judge.

Personal property of the United States on board of a vessel for transportation from one port to'another is liable to a lien for salvage services rendered in saving it. The Davis, 10 Wall. 15, 19 L. Ed. 875. It also seems to be the rule that the master and crew of one vessel may recover salvage for services rendered the master of another vessel belonging to the same owner. Lewis v. A Lot of Whalebone (D. C.) 51 Fed. 916; The Colima, 5 Sawy. 181, Fed. Cas. No. 2,996. It would seem to follow, therefore, that the fact that the Justin and the Yosemite-were both owned by…