SOPER, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).
There is one aspect, at least, on which the court is ready to announce a decision. There is no doubt in my mind that salvage services were rendered on this occasion. It is practically admitted that the Eastern Shore was in grave danger as she lay in the slip, since there was a comparatively short distance or space intervening between her and the burning ferryboat, which, I understand from the testimony, lay...
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