Leathers v. Salvor Wrecking
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Mississippi
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of Mississippi.) The libel was filed [by Thomas P. Leathers] to recover damages of the respondent [the Salvor Wrecking & Transportation Company] for wrecking and dismantling the steamboat Natchez, which was sunk in the Yazoo river, and which the libelant claimed to be his property.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of Mississippi.) The libel was filed [by Thomas P. Leathers] to recover damages of the respondent [the Salvor Wrecking & Transportation Company] for wrecking and dismantling the steamboat Natchez, which was sunk in the Yazoo river, and which the libelant claimed to be his property. The defense was, that the Natchez was sunk while under impressment in the service of the Confederate States, and was paid for in full by the Confederate government, and thereby became the property of that government, and upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
BRADLEY, Circuit Justice.
The respondents show that the machinery of the steamer Natchez was rescued from the Yazoo river after the close of the late war, under authority from, and by contract with the government of the United States, by which the salvors were to have one-half of all that should be realized after the payment of expenses. If the steamer Natchez was impressed into the service of the Confederate States government, and was burnt and sunk whilst in that service, and if full compensation for the vessel’s loss was paid to the libelant by that government, the property of the wreck…
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