J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. Borison
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for, the Eastern District of Texas; Gordon Russell, Judge. Suits in admiralty by Simon Bo'rison and others and by T. S. Reed, trustee, owner of the tug Viva, and others, in which A. Rummler, intervened, against the barge Shenango, and by said Reed and others in personam against the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company and another. Decree for libelants, and respondents appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals by the owners of the barge Shenango and cargo from three decrees of the District Court awarding salvage for services rendered to the barge and cargo by the tug Viva and three men, Borison, McCann, and Rummler, during a fire at Port Arthur, Tex., June 26, 1911. They were tried and decided together, and have been consolidated for the purposes of this appeal, and have been here heard together.
The salient facts are stated in the findings of fact by the District Judge, which we find in the main, and as far as they go, to be in accordance with the evidence,…
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