Legal Opinion
The Susan
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 15, 1859PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
SPRAGUE, District Judge.
This was a libel for salvage. 1 have no doubt that this vessel was in such peril as to be the subject of salvage-service, and that the libellants went on board from the shore, and aided in bringing her to. a place of safety. But it is insisted that they are not entitled to a salvage compensation, because it was understood between them and the master, before -and at the time the assistance was rendered, that it was to be merely pilotage.
This requires examination. It appears that, on the 6th of February, this vessel made sail from Holmes’ Hole, bound for Bos--ton. After…
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