The Celtic Chief
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Territory of Hawaii; Chas. F. Clemons, Judge. Suits in admiralty for salvage by the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, Limited, owner of the steamers Helene, Mikahala, Dike-like, and Mauna Kea, for itself, the officers and crews of said steamers, and other servants of said owner, by the Miller Salvage Company, Limited, owner of other vessels, and by the Matson Navigation Company, owner of the tug Intrepid, for…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Territory of Hawaii; Chas. F. Clemons, Judge. Suits in admiralty for salvage by the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, Limited, owner of the steamers Helene, Mikahala, Dike-like, and Mauna Kea, for itself, the officers and crews of said steamers, and other servants of said owner, by the Miller Salvage Company, Limited, owner of other vessels, and by the Matson Navigation Company, owner of the tug Intrepid, for itself and the officers and crew of said tug, against the British steamship Celtic Chief, John Henry, master and…
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partRoss, Circuit Judge
These are salvage causes, consolidated and tried together in the court below, and so submitted here. All of the libels were filed against the British ship Celtic Chief, her cargo and freight — the original libel of the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, Limited, claiming $35,-000, that, of the Miller Salvage Company claiming $20,000, and that of the Matson Navigation Company claiming $15,000 for the salvage services alleged. Subsequently the Inter-Island Company reduced its claim to $25,000, and the Matson Company reduced its claim to $10,-000. Each of the libelants conceded that, in…
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- Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. v. The British Ship Celtic ChiefDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1913