Hall v. The Bay of Naples
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the circuit court of the United Slates for the eastern district of New York. In Admiralty. Libel by John Hall and others against the ship Bay of Naples for salvage. Decree for libelants for $20,000, which was affirmed pro firnna, on appeal to the circuit court. From the decree of the circuit court the claimant appeals,
1Opinion of the Court
Lacombe, Circuit Judge.
This cause conies here on an appeal from an affirmance pro forma, by the circuit court, of a decree made by the district court of the eastern district of New York, awarding salvage to the amount of $20,000, with costs. Shortly before midnight of September 2,1889, fire broke out in the cargo of the ship Bay of Naples, in the between-decks, near th e fore-hatch. -She was lying at anchor below Bedloe’s island. Her cargo was refined petroleum, of 150 deg. fire test, packed in 55,600 wooden cases, each containing 2 tin cans of 5 gallons each. A little after midnight the tug…
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