Wood v. Burg
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. In Admiralty. Libels against the steamship Akaba, (James Marke Wood, owner and claimant,) brought, respectively, by Charles S. Burg, master of the steamship City of Birmingham, for salvage, and by the Boston Towboat Company, for salvage and breach of contract.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. In Admiralty. Libels against the steamship Akaba, (James Marke Wood, owner and claimant,) brought, respectively, by Charles S. Burg, master of the steamship City of Birmingham, for salvage, and by the Boston Towboat Company, for salvage and breach of contract. In the district court a decree was entered allowing |30,000 for the services of the City of Birmingham, and disallowing entirely the claims of the Boston Towboat Company. The claimant of the Akaba and the Boston Towboat Company separately appeal.…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTQN, District Judge,
(after stating the facts.) As to the City of Birmingham: The services of this steamship were salvage services of the most meritorious character. She found the Akaba, on a dangerous coast, — perhaps the most dangerous of American coasts, —drifting to leeward in a heavy northeast gale, almost helpless. Notwithstanding that she had a number of passengers and a valuable cargo aboard, a great part of it perishable by delay, she went at once to the distressed vessel, rendered her skillful, prompt, and successful assistance, rescued her from her imminent peril, and, after…
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