Commercial Towboat Co. v. The George W. Clyde

The appellant insists that the award of the court below of $1,000 for the salvage services rendered by its two tugs to the steamship was inadequate. The tugs happened to be near the steamship when she was so badly injured by a collision with another vessel that there was apparent danger of her sinking immediately, in water 60 to 80 feet in depth. They went to her assistance, and her master requested them to tow her to the shallow water, which was about a quarter of a mile away. They did so, and, in less than a quarter of an hour after the collision, she was beached in safety. The value of the…