United States v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Libel by R. J. Nelson and others against the United States to recover for salvage services rendered the steamship City of Omaha. Decree for libelants, and the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The steamship City of Omaha, belonging to the United States, of the approximate value of $1,920,000, and with a cargo of the value of about $606,475, while on a voyage from Baltimore, Md., to Yokohama and Kobe, Japan, had boiler and engine trouble before reaching Colon, and also after passing through the Canal, on the way to San Francisco, finding it necessary to put into the inner harbor of Salina Cruz, remaining there until May 17, 1920, while her boilers were undergoing repairs. On that day she left that harbor and proceeded on her way, having further trouble,…
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