Falk v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal and Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Canal Zone. Suit in admiralty for salvage by Leopold Falk and others against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, owner of the Steamship Olockson, and Thomas Fndresen, claimant of cargo. From the decree, all parties appeal.
1DissentWalker, Circuit Judge
Upon the local agent for the Isthmus of the owner of the Olockson learning that that vessel was on fire at sea, he made a contract with the marine superintendent of the Panama Canal, the authorized representative of the owner and operator of the tug Gorgona, which was not then in port, for that tug to go to the aid of the burning ship; the understanding being that $25 an hour ivas to be paid for the services of the tug and its crew, whether the service rendered was successful or not. The owner of the tug sent in its bill for the service rendered, charging $25 an hour from the time the tug…
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- The ElfridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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