Andrews v. Wall
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Court of Appeals in-Florida, .and grew out of the following circumstances ::— There were two vessels, o e called the Globe, and the other the George Washington,, engaged in the business 'of assisting vessels which were wrecked, or in. danger of becoming so, oh the coast of Florida. Between these two there existed the agreement of con-sortship, which will b.e spoken of presently.
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This was an appeal from the Court of Appeals in-Florida, .and grew out of the following circumstances ::— There were two vessels, o e called the Globe, and the other the George Washington,, engaged in the business 'of assisting vessels which were wrecked, or in. danger of becoming so, oh the coast of Florida. Between these two there existed the agreement of con-sortship, which will b.e spoken of presently. For assistance rendered by the Globe tó the ship Mississippi and cargo,; an amount of $5522- 49 was decreed as salvage. ■ Andrews, the appellant^ was part ownér of the Globe, and Wall and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is the case of an appeal in admiralty, from' a decree of the Court of Appeals of the territory of Florida, affirming the decree of the judge of the Superior Court of the southern judicial district of Florida. It appears from the proceedings, that upon a libel filed in. the Superior Court of the territory, in behalf of the owners and crew of the sloop Globe, salvage had been awarded in their favour, against ■ the ship Mississippi; that a part of the salvage so decreed remained in the registry of the court; and that the present petition was filed by Wall and Geiger, on behalf of the bwners…
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