Baker v. Hemenway
District Court, D. Massachusetts
[In admiralty. Libel by Baker and others against the steamship City of Valparaiso (Hemenway, claimant) for salvage.] The City of Valparaiso was a new steamship, built in England, and intended for the trade between Boston and Chili. In going down the harbor of Boston on her first voyage she grounded on Lovell's island in the daytime, about an hour and a half or two hours before high water. The wind was strong from the north-west, and tended to set her further on the shoal.
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[In admiralty. Libel by Baker and others against the steamship City of Valparaiso (Hemenway, claimant) for salvage.] The City of Valparaiso was a new steamship, built in England, and intended for the trade between Boston and Chili. In going down the harbor of Boston on her first voyage she grounded on Lovell's island in the daytime, about an hour and a half or two hours before high water. The wind was strong from the north-west, and tended to set her further on the shoal. She had a large and powerful tug, called the C. S. Winch, in attendance, to bting back some passengers; and, while lying…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
That a vessel in distress accepting services without a special contract, and in the absence of a usage of the port, accepts a salvage assistance, is abundantly established. It will be enough to cite some of the decisions in this circuit, though the law is the same in all: The Versailles, [Case No. 6,365;] The Independence, [Id. 7,014;] The Island City, [Id. 55;] The Susan, [Id. 13,630;] The James T. Abbott, [Id. 7,202;] M. B. Stetson, [Id. 9,303;] The Coringa, [Id. 1,736.]
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