Falk v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal and Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Canal Zone. Suit in admiralty for salvage by Leopold Falk and others against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, owner of the Steamship Olockson, and Thomas Fndresen, claimant of cargo. From the decree, all parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
This cáse arises on a libel filed by Leopold Falk, chief engineer and a member of the crew of the tug Gorgona, in behalf of himself, the captain, and crew of said tug, against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation and the steamship Olockson and its cargo, to recover as salvors for saving said steamship and cargo. Said steamship Olockson was a merchant vessel, the property of the United States, controlled by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, and being operated by *692the Barber Steamship Lines, Incorporated. ' The ves'sel was…
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