Sinclair v. Cooper
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 'FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. In admiralty. Libel for salvage. Decree below for libellants, and appeal. The act of salvage was done on a voyage down the river Mississippi, the vessel being fully freighted for Liverpool. The salvors were a tugboat, the officers and crew of the vessel, and passengers on the vessel.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 'FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. In admiralty. Libel for salvage. Decree below for libellants, and appeal. The act of salvage was done on a voyage down the river Mississippi, the vessel being fully freighted for Liverpool. The salvors were a tugboat, the officers and crew of the vessel, and passengers on the vessel. The main contention was as to the amount of the salvage and as to the right of a passenger to participate. —The tugboat and crew are not entitled to salvage: only to a liberal renumeration pro opere et labore. The Clifton, 3…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is a libel in admiralty by the owner, master and crew of the steam towboat Joseph Cooper, Jr., for salvage on the ship Connemara and cargo. Louis Wurtz and Henry Holser, passengers on the towboat, and John Evers, a passenger on the ship, were permitted to file intervening libels. The value of the ship and cargo was agreed to be $236,637. The district court awarded .as salvage eight per cent, on that value, or *355$18,930.96; and the qwners and claimants of the ship appealed to the circuit court.
The circuit court found the following facts: On the 15th of April, 1879, the ship Connemara, being…
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