Atlantic Maritime Co. v. Tysell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Jr., Judge. Libel by John W. Tysell and others against the schooner Georgiana; the Atlantic Maritime Company, claimant. From a decree for the libel-ants, the claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
Appealing from a salvage award of $200 to each of the two libelants here appellees, the owners of this schooner contend that the services for which the award is made were rendered while said libelants were members of her crew, and therefore incapable of acquiring rights as salvors against her.
*323The schooner was a fishing vessel, on a fishing voyage at the time. Her crew numbered 22 including the two libelants. About two weeks after leaving Gloucester, during which time she had taken 50,000 or 60,000 pounds in all of cod and haddock then on board, she ran aground on the…
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