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· 3/11/1904

The Edith L. Allen

Citations

  • 129 F. 209
  • 63 C.C.A. 367
  • 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4039

Syllabus

<p>1. Salvage — Rescue oe Stranded Schooner — Reduction oe Awabd.</p> <p>. A salvage award of $6,500 for the rescue of a schooner valued, as saved, with her cargo and freight, at $32,800, which was stranded on the coast of New Jersey, reduced on appeal to $4,500; it appearing to have been increased to some extent by a misapprehension by the trial judge of the facts shown by the evidence as to the peril of the stranded vessel.</p> <p>‘¡1 1. Salvage awards in federal courts, see note to The Lamington, 30 C. C. A. 280.</p>

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Judges: Lacombe

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