The Camanche
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for California. The case was this: In November, 1863, in the midst of a violent southeast gale, the ship Aquila, then but a few days in port, sunk at her moorings in deep water, alongside her wharf, in San Francisco.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for California. The case was this: In November, 1863, in the midst of a violent southeast gale, the ship Aquila, then but a few days in port, sunk at her moorings in deep water, alongside her wharf, in San Francisco. She had just hauled in there to discharge her cargo, consisting of the materials and armament — shot, shells, guns, ordnance, stores, &c. — of the monitor Camanche, which was to be constructed under contract with the government by Donahue & Ryan, who owned both the Aquila and the whole cargo sunk. The materials, armament, &c., were valued at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Compensation, as salvage, is claimed by the libellants for services rendered by them in saving the cargo of the ship Aquila, which was wrecked in a storm, and sunk in the harbor of the port of San Francisco, to which "she was bound, with all her cargo on board.
Such portion of the cargo as constitutes the basis of the investigation in this case consisted-of certain materials manufactured for the construction of an iron-clad monitor, and the armament for the same, which was to be constructed at San Francisco by the claimants, under a contract with the government. They manufactured the materials…
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