COOLEY v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF LOUISIANA

No. 18065.

17 F.2d 950 (1927)

COOLEY et al. v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF LOUISIANA.

District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

On Rehearing, April 14, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Grace (of J. D., M. A. & E. H. Grace), of New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Arthur A. Moreno (of Lemle, Moreno & Lemle), of New Orleans, La., for respondent.


BURNS, District Judge.

Libelant, L. V. Cooley, as owner and master of the steamer America, claims salvage by a libel, in personam, of the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana as the owner of the steam tug Standard and eight oil barges. The service rendered consisted in the rescue of the tug and barges, which were adrift in the Mississippi river some 60 miles above New Orleans because of a breakdown in the tug's engine, by towing the helpless tug and tow safely against...

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