Societa Commercials Italiana Di Navigazione v. Maru Nav. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Bibel in admiralty in personam by the Maru Navigation Company, as owner of the steamship St. Charles, and by the master, officers, and crew of the steamship, against the Societa Commerciale Italiana Di Navigazione, to recover salvage. From a decree awarding to libelant $34,COO, with interest .(271 Fed. 97), respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
The case in outline is this: On June 8, 1917, the American steamship St. Charles and the Italian steamship Tea were at Gibraltar, both bound for Genoa. The 'St. Charles was much the smaller and unarmed; the Tea carried a gun. At that time the naval authorities would not permit an unarmed vessel to traverse the Mediterranean without an armed convoy, and accordingly the two vessels were directed to proceed in company. The Tea took the lead, following the windings of the Spanish coast; the St. Charles half a mile or so behind. Early in the morning of June 10th the Tea ran…
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