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tion were obtained from the signal oflicer as justified the niasterof this
tug in remaining in port duringthe day he was discharged.
The only controversy in this case is as to the amount of these lay-days
in the harbor of Grand Haven. I shall therefore dismiss the libel, as
libelants have been paid for all the remaining time, and for time enough
to have made the trip from Grand Haven to Chicago if they had started
on Monday morning. ’
“ { . V Tun R. D. Bmnnn. ‘
• Ganvnsron/Srmansmr & Lrenrnr. Co. v. Tm: R. D. Brianna and Cargo.
l A `· ~ A (C'ircuit‘ Oourt, E. D. Twas. December 5, 1887.) “
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1. Sanvaen-Goon Furi: on Lris1a:r..i1w·r-·—I1v·1·n1z1¤s•r£ · . r ~ »
~ · ·A partner aiu a firm to whom a schooner was consigned was also interested
v l in a·~lighter_ company, the libelant, who claimed salvage on the schooner.
· . ,Hcld,;,tha,t`his interest in no way affected the good faith or right of the libel-
ant to,rec0ver. . p ~ _ ‘
"   _A person had contracted to discharge the cargo of a vessel, outside or at
` the wharf; for a stipulated price; after the workhad been begun, the vessel
» 4*was driven ashore. Held, that his previous contract did not aifect hi  right
to claimsalvage for services on the same cargo after the wreck.
3. SAME-RIGHT or L1:em.ANr—NoN-Jornnnn or Pawrrns.   ~ ,
  ‘ A libelant employed men,. and paid liberally to render salvage services.
' . Held, that libelant wasentitled to compensation, and the amount should not
be reduced on the claimvthat the persons employed by them were entitled to
compensation. A They should join in the suit or make claim to the proceeds,
‘ if any are in the registry of `the court. ’ ' =
4. SAME—C0MPENSATI0N—ONEJHALF Bannon. · · A .
_ A schooner loaded with railroad iron went ashore in Galveston bay. The
" ` vessel and cargowerc salved by libelants under a contract with the master
. ~for*50 per cent. of the value; wrecking crews were paid extra sums. and
,. , pumps of large cost forthat locality used, and the vessel and cargo saved at
the risk of serious damage to the property engaged in the work of salvage,
. _ one of the lighters being injured, an the crews suffering muchhardship,
and the weight of the evi ence showingthat the cost of saving railroad iron
` wreckedonthe gulf beach, on basis of work and labor, is 50 per cent. of its
· value. ·Held, that the contract was reasonable, and a proper allowance for
- ·-salvage would be 50 per cent. of the value of the, property salved. .
In Admiralty. » · » r
McLemore~ do Campbell, for libelant and appellee. ~
I ’ Waul dc Walker, for Mifflin Kennedy, claimant of the cargo, appellant.
4 Pannnn,  . This . cause came on to be heard upon the appeal of
Mil1Hin.Kennedy,fclaimant of the cargo, and was argued; whereupon the
court Bndsrfrom therevidenoe the following, as the facts in the case:
(1) The libel is Bled by the Galveston Steam—Ship 8; Lighter Company, a
private corporation, whose business was, at and before the tiling of the libel,
to carry on the lighterage and towage business in the waters around the port
of Galveston, and thdsaid company was well equipped for such business; and
said company was," at the time ofthe services rendered as stated in the