The Santa Rita
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas; W. L. Estes, Judge. Suits in admiralty for salvage by the Texas Company and others against the steamship Santa Rita and others. From the decree, the Texas Company and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
Three libels asserting salvage claims against the steamship Santa Rita and its cargo were filed, one by the owner of the tug Waban and its master and crew, one by the owner of the tug Bertha II and its master and crew, and one by the Texas Company, the owner of the tug North American, of the launch Juliet, and of an oil fire-fighting equipment using a mixture called foamite, and by employees of the Texas Company who participated in the alleged service in which that company’s tug, launch, and fire-fighting equipment were used. (These cases were consolidated, and the…
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