Savannah Sugar Refining Corp. v. Atlantic Towing Co.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The steamship Silverway and her cargo of sugar were libeled for alleged salvage services rendered. The court, by its decree entered June 3,1926, awarded to libelants $16,850 for salvage services rendered to the Silverway, her cargo, and pending freight, and prorated that amount according to salved values found, with the result that the sum of $4,653 was adjudged against the claimant of the Silverway and its surety, and the sum of $12,197 was adjudged against the claimant of the cargo and its surety, with interest on those sums from the date of the decree. The claimant of…