Legal Opinion
Lago Oil & Transport Co., Ltd., Libellant-Appellant v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 17, 1955No. 59, Docket 23154PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANKFURTER, Circuit Justice.
The libel of the Lago Oil and Transport Co. is based upon services rendered to a tanker owned by the United States while in distress outside the port of Aruba, Dutch West Indies. In making an award to members of the crew, which we find no reason to disturb, 1 the District Judge recognized that the services rendered by Lago’s tug, the Captain Rodger, were “of a salvage nature,” but denied recovery to Lago in its own right on the ground that payment by the United States of a bill rendered by Lago constituted a full discharge of whatever obligation resulted from…
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