The San Cristobal
District Court, S.D. Alabama
In Admiralty. Libel by the Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company against the steamboat San Cristobal, for salvage. Heard on exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
The facts of this case as they appear from the libel are substantially these: That Ollinger & Bruce owned a *616lumber mill on the eastern shore of the Mobile river. It was connected by a pier or wharf about 75 feet long, with a dry dock moored to said wharf also owned by said Ollinger & Bruce. The dry dock was elevated out and above the water.. The steamship San Cristobal was on the dry dock. The mill was afire, and, while afire, two tugs of the libelant went to its relief and rescue, and rendered valuable services, to the extent of confining the fire to the mill proper.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad Co. v. Cleveland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Hollenbeck v. The City of AtlantaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1893
- The AcreDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1912
3Cited by7 opinions
- Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Berton v. Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1915
- The NeshaminyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1915
- The Pleasure BayDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1915
- The NeshaminyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1914
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