Good Intent Tow-Boat Co. v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. These were three libels of intervention filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, against the ship Tornado, her cargo and freight, and the proceeds thereof in the registry, of that court, to recover for salvage services rendered by three steam-tugs, the Rio Grande, the Norman and the Harry Wright.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. These were three libels of intervention filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, against the ship Tornado, her cargo and freight, and the proceeds thereof in the registry, of that court, to recover for salvage services rendered by three steam-tugs, the Rio Grande, the Norman and the Harry Wright. The libel in the case of the Rio Grande alleged an employment of her owners on the 27th of February, 1878,-by the masters and agents of the Tornado, “ to pump out and raise said…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice ' Blatcheord
delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts as above set forth, he continued:,
The sole question to be considered on the appeal of the appellants is, whether the amounts which the circuit court awarded to them severally, as owners of the three steam-tugs, shoukí'be increased.- The errors' assigned by the appellants are (1) that the circuit court held that the contract for pumping out the ship was inequitable, and ought not, under the facts of the case, to be enforced; (2) that it held that the salvage service was' of a low grade; (3) that it allowed to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Grigsby v. PurcellSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- The "S. S. Osborne"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- The TornadoSupreme Court of the United States · 1883