The Mary E. Long
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Admiralty. Libel by the owners of the steam-tug Juno against the schooner Mary E. Long, her cargo, and freight, to recover salvage. The testimony was as follows: About 2 o’clock a. m. on February 21, 1880, the schooner, while sailing up the Delaware bay, grounded on a long and narrow shoal called the Brandywine shoal. For the purpose of working across the shoal she kept her sails set until 5 o’clock a. m., when they were hauled down.
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In Admiralty. Libel by the owners of the steam-tug Juno against the schooner Mary E. Long, her cargo, and freight, to recover salvage. The testimony was as follows: About 2 o’clock a. m. on February 21, 1880, the schooner, while sailing up the Delaware bay, grounded on a long and narrow shoal called the Brandywine shoal. For the purpose of working across the shoal she kept her sails set until 5 o’clock a. m., when they were hauled down. About 7 o’clock a. m. the schooner set a signal of distress, and about 8:30 o’clock she again set her sails. About 9 o’clock the tug Juno, proceeding up tlie…
1Opinion of the Court
Butler, D. J.
The libellants are entitled to compensation as salvors. I see no room for doubt of this. The respondent was in peril. That she might possiby have escaped without asistance, is not important.
What compensation should be allowed ? As in all similar cases, this question is embarrassing. While certain general rules may be appealed to for assistance, the measure of compensation must vary with the peculiar circumstances of each case. The subject is intelligently discussed in The Stetson, 1 Lowell, 119, where the circumstances were much like' those of the case in hand. The considerations…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The M. B. StetsonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1866
3Cited by1 opinion
- The Edith L. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904