Curtis Bay Towing Co. v. Grace S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose and Morris A. Soper, Judges. Uibel in admiralty by the Curtis Bay Towing Company against the Grace Steamship Company, owner and claimant of the steamship Santa Barbara in which the Baker-Whiteley Coal Company and the Chesapeake Bighterage & Towing Company intervened. From -a decree (284 Fed. 365), giving them insufficient relief, libelant and interveners appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the Curtis Bay Towing Company, owner of the tug Ashwaubemie, the Baker-Whiteley Coal Company, owner of the tug Elma, and the Chesapeake Bighterage & Towing Company, owner of the tug Cecil, from a decree of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, awarding to the appellants the sum of $1,000 for certain salvage services rendered to the steamship Santa Barbara, to be apportioned among the owners on the basis of $400 to the Ashwaubemie, $400 to the Cecil and $200 to the Elma, with directions that one-fourth of the amount awarded…
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