Jacobson v. Panama R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by Edward Jacobson and others against the Panama Railroad Company. Decree for libelants, from which they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The libelants were members of the crew of the steamship Neptunas. Suits were brought by the officers and members of the crew of this steamship for salvage services to the steamship Panama on July 1 and 2, 1918, when the Panama went aground at Rochelois Reef on June 29, 1918. This is about 50 miles west of Port au Prince and about 10 miles from the island of Haiti. The District Judge awarded. $2,000 to the steamship, $500 of which was to be paid to the entire crew of the ship Neptunas. About 19 members of the crew were represented by the proctor for the present…
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