Charente Steamship Co. v. The Dupuy De Lome
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
In Admiralty. Libel by the Gharente Steamship Company against the steamship Dupuy de Lome, her cargo and freight, to recover salvage.
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, District Judge.
This is a libel for salvage. On the morning of Sunday, March 22, 1892, the steamship Dupuy de Lome, on a voyage from Antwerp, via Havre, other ports,' and Tampico, to New Orleans, became disabled by the breaking of her shaft. She was then in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles northeast from Tampico. On the evening of that day she was taken in tow by the libelant’s steamer the Engineer, which was also bound for New Orleans. After the accident occurred the captain, who was confined to Ms bed, had a council of the officers, and a futile effort was made to turn the head…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Nathaniel HooperU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1839
3Cited by3 opinions
- The New CameliaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1900
- The Robert S. BesnardDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1906
- The Henry MaurerDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914