Legal Opinion

The Lackawanna

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided February 18, 1915PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit by the Reid Wrecking Company, Limited, against the steamer Lackawanna. On exceptions to report of special master.

1Opinion of the Court

HAZEL, District Judge.

[ 1 ] The facts, which are undisputed, are stated in the opinion of the special master, and need not be here restated. The exceptions filed by libelant and respondent to the award by the special master of $750 for volunteer salvage services are overruled. I was inclined at first to think the amount should be reduced, in view of the fact that the libelant, in rendering his bill for such salvages, placed the amount which he was willing to accept as payment in full at $500; but, as the bill was not paid by respondent, it now seems to me that the libelant is not concluded in…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. The IrrawaddySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. The WildcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. The CamancheSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  4. The LackawannaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
  5. International Nav. Co. v. Atlantic Mut. Ins.District Court, S.D. New York · 1900

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Star Towing Company v. Barge Org-6504District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1969
  2. The SilverwayDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1926
  3. Atlantic Towing Co. v. The CalicheDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1942
  4. Vinco Enterprises, Ltd. v. New York Dock RailwayDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1982
  5. The GulfportDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1917

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