The Priscilla
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suits for salvage. On the night of March 26, 27, 1906, several of the fleet of the “Fall River Line” were lying in winter quarters in the harbor of Newport, R. I. The three steamboats here proceeded against, as also the steamboat Plymouth (of the same line, and in winter quarters at the same place), were without motive power of their own, but had on board crews of from 14 to 20 men, and were maintaining steam in the donkey or auxiliary boilers sufficient to…
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In Admiralty. Suits for salvage. On the night of March 26, 27, 1906, several of the fleet of the “Fall River Line” were lying in winter quarters in the harbor of Newport, R. I. The three steamboats here proceeded against, as also the steamboat Plymouth (of the same line, and in winter quarters at the same place), were without motive power of their own, but had on board crews of from 14 to 20 men, and were maintaining steam in the donkey or auxiliary boilers sufficient to keep the fire-fighting apparatus in commission and to furnish enough power to warp the vessels about the wharves at which…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, District Judge
(after stating the facts). The City of Eowell was, in my opinion, rescued from imminent peril, certain serious damage, and probable destruction.
The Puritan was removed from certain danger, probable serious damage, and in the exercise of sound judgment.
The Priscilla was, at the time when the Morse was ready to serve her, in no danger at all, and was not thereafter in danger.
“In harbor cases, where tugs are abundant and on the ground in time to give needed aid, large awards are not only unnecessary, but contrary to principle.” The O. C. Hanchett, 76 Fed. 1003, 22 C. C. A. 678. This applies to…
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- The Barge No. 127District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1901
- The River BelleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1893
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