Murray v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In Admiralty. Libel by Lawrence Murray, master of the steamship Yiola, against the United States, for salvage. The court below held that the service rendered was not a salvage service, but gave libelant a decree for $2,500 as for towage. 52 Fed. Bep. 172. Libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALES, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, refusing the libelant’s claim for salvage, and allowing inadequate compensation for towage services. Eight assignments of error have been filed, but all of them may be included in the second and third, which are as follows:
“(2) In holding that the services rendered by the Viola to the light-ship were extraordinary towage services, and in not holding that said services were salvage services, and so compensating them. (3) In not awarding adequate compensation for…
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