Pfeil v. United States

(after stating the facts as above). If the salvage paid to the master and crew, amounting to $2,866.52, be taken at the rather common percentage of one-fifth of the total award, it would mean that the total salvage allowance, had the Wampum been under private ownership, would have been slightly less than $14,500. While this sum would seem rather small, in view of the fact that each of the vessels involved was worth at least $1,000,000, it is not so obviously inadequate as to be completely out of harmony with previous decisions. See The Elkridge, 30 P.(2d) 618 (C. C. A. 2). There $25,000 was…