Tozier v. Islander

REED, District Judge.

The service performed by the libel-ants was salvage service, and should be compensated for as such. See The Sirius (C. C. A.) 57 F. 851; The Cottage City (D. C.) 136 F. 496; The George B. Roberts (D. C.) 64 F. 139. In the case of The Connemara, 108 U. S. 352-357, 2 S. Ct. 754, 27 L. Ed. 751, the following words of Justice Curtis, in the case of The Alphonso, 1 Curt. 376-378, Fed. Cas. No. 17749, were quoted with approval:

“The relief of property from an impending peril of the sea, by the voluntary exertions of those who are under no legal obligation to render' assistance,…