The J. Emory Owen
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Admiralty. Libels in rem filed by the owners, respectively, oí steamers Ann Arbor No. 2 and Burnham, to recover salvage against the steamer J. Emory Owen and her salved cargo of grain.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
The fact of meritorious salvage service is undisputed, and the general circumstances under which it was rendered and the measure of success in the venture are equally undisputed. The wooden steamer J. Emory Owen was bound down the lakes from Manitowoc, laden with about 100,000 bushels of barley and oats, early in the afternoon of December 5, 1903, when a fire started aft, and was speedily beyond control, disabling her engine, pumps, and steering gear. The burning steamer was then 8 or 10 miles southeasterly of the entrance to Sturgeon Bay Canal, and was discovered about…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The HyderabadDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
- J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. BorisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914
- The EdilioDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1917
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924
- The Peter WhiteDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1906