Coady v. 1,200 Barrels Oil

This was a libel for salvage, filed by Richard Coady and others, the owners of the whaling bark “ Italy,” for themselves and the officers and crew of said bark, for alleged services in saving from the ship “ Natchez,” in the Summer of 1857, lying a wreck in Potter’s Bay, in the Ochotsk Sea,’ and abandoned by her master and crew, a large amount of property, particularly enumerated in said libel; also, for services rendered by the bark “Harmony” to the ship “Natchez,” in placing said wrecked ship in a comparatively safe position in Potter’s Bay, in the Ochotsk Sea, in the Autumn of 1856, and to…