Weir v. Price
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. ' This was a libel by Thomas Price against the bark Elmbank and cargo to recover compensation for salvage services; Andrew Weir and others being claimants of the bark, and John Stauffer '& Go., claimants of the cargo. In the district court libelant was awarded $10,000. 62 Fed. 306. The claimants both of the vessel and her cargo appeal.'
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The appellee was the libelant of the ship Elmbank, her cargo, etc., for salvage services rendered in extinguishing a fire that broke out in the cargo while the vessel lay at her dock in San Francisco. The cargo consisted of sulphur in sacks. The fire broke out at about noon of Saturday, the 10th day of June, 1893. A few minutes later the fire engines of the city fire department of San Francisco arrived. The firemen took off the hatches, and pumped large quantities of water into two of them. Three steam tugs came alongside and offered assistance, which was refused. The…
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