Belcher Oil Co. v. Griffin

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

' This is a libel against a steel barge upon a olaim for salvage. The cause was heard by the court upon pleadings and oral proof. This appeal was taken from a final decree awarding the salvors twelve hundred dollars and directing that execution issue, against the barge and its owners, unless the decree were satisfied within ten days.

The .issues for decision are the right of appellees to any compensation for their services, and if so, the amount to which they are entitled. The district court held that the barge had become a derelict, and would have been destroyed if it…