The Samuel B. Hubbard
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Suit by the Ross Towboat Company and others against the schooner Samuel E. Hubbard. On distribution of salvage award.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
The owners of the cargo have agreed that the salvage should be 50 per cent, of its value. That amount was $4,028.42, and the salvage on it is therefore $2,014.21. Counsel for the Plubbard did not desire to be heard in opposition to a similar award as to the vessel; and no sufficient reason appears why the same percentage should not be awarded against her. She sold for $1,325, and I accordingly award as salvage 50 per cent, of that amount, viz.,. $662.50. This makes the total salvage $2,676.71.
The contested questions relate to the apportionment of the salvage money. The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Barque Island City— Pierce, Cromwell, LibellantsSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Cape Fear Towing & Transportation Co. v. PearsallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1898
- The Lovett PeacockDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1867
- The CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
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