Texas Co. v. Texas & Gulf S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama; Robert T. Ervin, Judge. Libel by the Texas Company against the Texas & Gulf Steamship Company, claimant of the barge Colonel Moore, and others. From a decree for an insufficient amount, the libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
CALL, District Judge.
Libel was filed by the Texas Company, as owner of the steamship New York, on behalf of itself and the master and crew then serving on said steamship, against the seagoing barge Colonel Moore, owned by the Texas & Gulf Steamship Company, claiming salvage. Upon the hearing in the District Court a decree was entered, giving the steamship and owners $400, with interest, for the hawser used in the service, and $1,000, with interest, for the time lost by the steamship in deviating from her course. The court allowed the further sum of $1,700, with interest, for the salvage…
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