McGraw Transportation Co. v. The Spokane
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
This was a libel by the McG-raw Transportation Company against the propeller Spokane for salvage. This libel was filed by the owner of the propeller City of Venice for salvage services in releasing from peril on Lake Michigan the propeller Spokane and her cargo of general merchandise, and towing to the port of Milwaukee for repairs. The City of Venice was a freighting steamer, registering 1,771 tons, and laden with coal, bound for Chicago.
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This was a libel by the McG-raw Transportation Company against the propeller Spokane for salvage. This libel was filed by the owner of the propeller City of Venice for salvage services in releasing from peril on Lake Michigan the propeller Spokane and her cargo of general merchandise, and towing to the port of Milwaukee for repairs. The City of Venice was a freighting steamer, registering 1,771 tons, and laden with coal, bound for Chicago. The Spokane was a steel steamer, and also a freighter, of about equal tonnage, bound from Chicago to Buffalo, stanch and well manned and equipped. The…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The libel and the answer in this case differ mainly in their statements of the degree of peril or of comparative safety encountered in the towage to Milwaukee. The testimony was heard in open court, aud I find no substantial contradictions in matters material to a decision. It is apparent both that the libel states the conditions in some respects in terms of exaggeration, ami that the answer *256tends to belittle the actual merits and difficulties of the undertaking. A version about medium between them is made out by the testimony.
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