The Johnson Lighterage Co. No. 24
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. Suit in admiralty for salvage by William J. Scanlan and others, composing the firm of W. J. Scanlan & Co., against the scow Johnson Lighterage Company No. 24 and the derrick lighter Johnson Lighter-age Company No. 15 and their cargoes; the Johnson Lighterage Company, claimant; and James Shewan & Sons, Incorporated, intervening libelant.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. Suit in admiralty for salvage by William J. Scanlan and others, composing the firm of W. J. Scanlan & Co., against the scow Johnson Lighterage Company No. 24 and the derrick lighter Johnson Lighter-age Company No. 15 and their cargoes; the Johnson Lighterage Company, claimant; and James Shewan & Sons, Incorporated, intervening libelant. From the decree of distribution, various appeals have been taken.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from a decree in admiralty distributing salvage to the owner, charterers, master and crew of the salving vessel and to' their proctors. 240 Fed. 435. They raise, not without confusion, every phase of the conflicting claims adjudged by the decree.
On December 26, 1915, the steamtug “John A. Seeley,” bound down the New York Bay, encountered a storm of unusual violence. She sighted two deck scows, flying munition cargo signals, adrift near Red Hook Flats in imminent peril of collision with steamships and other craft anchored in the' course in which the…
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