Agwilines, Inc. v. Eagle Oil & Shipping Co.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libellant appeals from a decree in the admiralty, because of the insufficiency of the award for the detention of its ship, “Agwidale,” resulting from a collision with the claimant’s ship, “San Veronico.” The parties agreed that the claimant should pay eighty-five per cent of the total damages, and the case was sent to a commissioner, before whom all items of damage were stipulated except that for detention. The Commissioner’s report as to this item is not disputed, and was as follows: “As a result of the collision the ‘Agwidale’ was necessarily out of service for…