Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Atchison
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1896No. 492PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida. This was a libel in rem by Alfred Atchison against the steamship Alamo and cargo (James F. Lewis, claimant) to recover compensation for salvage services. The district court awarded the sum of $15,000 to the salvors, and the claimant has appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
The facts in this case are quite fairly and sufficiently set out in the opinion of Judge Locke, of the Southern district of Florida, which is as follows:
*603“This steamship, hound from New York to Galveston, via Key West, with a large and valuable cargo, went ashore on Maryland shoals, a i>art of the Florida reef, about 15 miles from the port of Key West, at about 2 o’clock p. in., the 22d of January, 1890. She was going about twelve knots an hour, and, although the tide had bean falling about two hours, she was driven hard ashore, as the subsequent history of the case…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Spaeth v. GibsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1883
3Cited by11 opinions
- Duff v. MerrittCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
- Fine v. RockwoodDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1995
- The AlexandraDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1900
- The DonbassDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1947
- Curry v. Richfield Oil Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1931
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