Legal Opinion
Thornton v. the Livingston Roe
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 31, 1950PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, District Judge.
Libelant William M. Thornton claims salvage by reason of certain operations conducted under his supervision and with his personal participation, as a result of which the S S Livingston Roe was saved from destruction by fire in the Port of Recife, Brazil, on May 2, 1943.
At that time Recife was one of the several foreign ports which the United States Armed Forces used to maintain avenues of communication and supply between the Americas and the European Theatre of Operations. It was the headquarters and center of operations of the United States Fourth Fleet, which was…
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