The Kennebec
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas; Waller T. Burns, Judge. Suit in admiralty for salvage by the Steele Towing & Wrecking Company against the Seaboard & Gulf Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Kennebec. From the decree, libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARKER, Circuit Judge.
The steamship Kennebec grounded at the mouth of the Brazos river near the jetties, about 40 miles from Galveston. S. E. Paul, the agent of the owner of the vessel, from Brazos Port, a place on shore near by, had a conversation over the long-distance telephone with Mr. Stoneburner, an officer of the owner of the steam tug, Senator Bailey, at Galveston, with reference to getting that tug to render the assistance required to get the Kennebec afloat. The result of that conversation was that Mr. Stoneburner, for his company, the libelant, agreed to furnish the services of the…
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