Bywater v. A Raft of Piles

The libelants in this cause claim compensation for salvage services rendered in arresting, towing to a place of safety, and securing a raft of piles found adrift and derelict in Beattie harbor. The claimants, who are owners of the piles, deny that the property is a subject of salvage under maritime law; deny that it was in peril at the time of being taken in charge of by the libelants; and deny that the facts make a case within the jurisdiction of a court of admiralty. The material facts of the case are that the raft in question had been moored by its owners, the claimants in this case, at a…