The Wave v. Hyer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This case came up on appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. It was argued at the May term of this court, and lay over for advisement until the October term. The respondents libelled the Wave, in the court below, for salvage.
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This case came up on appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. It was argued at the May term of this court, and lay over for advisement until the October term. The respondents libelled the Wave, in the court below, for salvage. They were all at the time of the services rendered the Wave, either branch or deputy pilots of the port of New York, duly commissioned under the laws of the state, and, as such, jointly owned the pilot-boat Gazette, for whose services, and those of her crew, the libel to obtain salvage was filed. The Wave sailed from New…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Justice.
The respondents filed a libel in the district court, claiming an allowance as salvors of the schooner Wave and her cargo; and the court, by its decree, allowed as salvage one-tenth of the appraized value of the vessel and cargo to the libellants, amounting to $1,103.78. From this decree an appeal has been taken to this court. Some of the questions involved in the discussion at the bar, as connected with the circumstances of this case, are new, and by no means free of difficulty. In our complicated system of government, questions of jurisdiction must necessarily…
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