Davis Coast Wrecking Co. v. The Alert
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. These were two libels, filed by the Davis Coast Wrecking Company, one in rem against the steamship Alert and her cargo, and the other in personam against Berg and others, owners, etc. Decree against the vessel in the former, and for dismissal of the libel in the latter.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWJST, District Judge.
The above libels were filed to recover compensation for salvage services rendered by the libelant to the steamship Alert, which, on the 21st of November, 1802, was stranded not far from the mouth of the Magdalena river some five miles from Savanilla.
The Alert was a Norwegian steamship, which had been chartered by Mr. Vengoechea of New York, under which she had taken a cargo of general merchandise to be carried to Carthegena, Savan-illa, and Santa Marta in South America, and was to bring a return cargo from the same polls. All except 100 barrels of her outward cargo was…
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