The Flottbek
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Washington. In the court below there were two independent libels against the German ship Flottbek,—one by the Saginaw Steel Steamship Company, as the owner of the steamship Matteawan, and on behalf of her officers and crew; the other by the Puget Sound Tugboat Company, as owner of the tugs Wanderer, Tacoma, and Holyoke; and on behalf of their officers and crew, for salvage services.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Washington. In the court below there were two independent libels against the German ship Flottbek,—one by the Saginaw Steel Steamship Company, as the owner of the steamship Matteawan, and on behalf of her officers and crew; the other by the Puget Sound Tugboat Company, as owner of the tugs Wanderer, Tacoma, and Holyoke; and on behalf of their officers and crew, for salvage services. These two actions were, by stipulation of counsel and order of the court, consolidated for the purpose of taking testimony, trial, and entry…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
The essential ingredients to be considered by the courts in determining the amount of the award that should be decreed in cases of this general character for salvage services is clearly expressed by Justice Clifford in The Blackwall, io Wall, i, 14, 19 L. Ed. 870, as follows: (1) The labor expended by the salvors in rendering the
salvage service. (2) The'promptitude, skill, and energy displayed in rendering the service and saving the property. (3) The value of the property employed by the salvors in rendering the service, and the danger to which such property was exposed. (4) The risk incurred…
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