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SOUTH AMERICAN S. S. CO. v. ATLANTIC TOWING CO.

No. 5099.

22 F.2d 16 (1927)

SOUTH AMERICAN S. S. CO. et al. v. ATLANTIC TOWING CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 24, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Cann, of Savannah, Ga., and James W. Ryan and Leonard J. Matteson, both of New York City (Anderson, Cann & Cann, of Savannah, Ga., and Bigham, Englar & Jones, of New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

T. M. Cunningham, Jr., of Savannah, Ga. (Lawton & Cunningham, of Savannah, Ga., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree for $5,000, awarded as salvage for services rendered by appellee's tug Henry W. Grady to appellants' steamship South American. Appellants contend that the services rendered did not rise to the dignity of salvage services, and that in any event the amount awarded by the decree is excessive.

While the South American was on a voyage up the Atlantic Coast from Cuba to New Jersey, her cargo shifted and caused...

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