Hugo v. Hedger S. S. Corp.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in the admiralty awarding the libellant $12,-037.04, as the value of work and labor performed upon respondent’s ship. The respondent did not oppose the entry of an interlocutory decree, and the computation of the amount due was referred to a commissioner; the commissioner reported, and the district judge confirmed his report. The only question is as to the amount of the award. The job was begun in March, 1942, and, at the respondent’s urgent request, was pressed through to completion in ten days; the libellant used the services of…