Legal Opinion
De Aldamiz v. Th. Skogland & Sons
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1927No. 4882PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a salvage suit. The libelant appeals on the ground that an award of $750 made by the district court is grossly inadequate. The libel was filed by the master of the steamship Rajah on behalf of its owners, officers, and crew, against the steamship Per Skogland.
On Thursday, October 23, 1924, the Per Skogland, bound for Prontera, Mexico, arrived off the bar of that port. As there was no cargo on board and the machinery was aft, the vessel was drawing 2 feet forward and 11 feet 4 inches aft. There being a depth of only 9 feet over the bar, the forepeak tank and the…
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