The High Cliff
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the Olsen Water & Towing Company against the barge High Cliff; the Warner Sugar Refining Company, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
The question which this case presents is whether an award of $5,000 for salvage services rendered to the barge High Cliff by the steam tug Marie Olsen on February 26, 1918, was excessive and out of proportion to the services rendered. As is usual in all cases of this nature, the claimant insists that the court below overestimated the salvage services, and on the other side it is as strongly insisted that the award cannot be so regarded.
[ 1 ] That it is within the power of this court to increase or to diminish the amount of a salvage award will not be denied. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Irvine v. the HesperSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- The ConnemaraSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- The KanawhaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- The George W. ElzeyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- Texas Co. v. Texas & Gulf S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1920
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- The Niels NielsenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
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