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STANDARD OIL CO. OF LOUISIANA v. COOLEY

No. 5098.

23 F.2d 841 (1928)

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

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 3, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Moreno, of New Orleans, La. (Lemle, Moreno & Lemle, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellant.

John D. Grace, M. A. Grace, and Edwin H. Grace, all of New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken on the ground that the decree of the District Court, which awarded $4,000 as salvage, is excessive.

While appellant's tug Standard, with eight barges loaded with fuel oil in tow, was proceeding down the Mississippi river, one of its two engines broke a camshaft. The other engine could not be used, and there were no anchors on board of sufficient weight to hold against the prevailing current in the river of 2½...

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