ATLANTIC TRANSPORT CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. C-1087.

42 F.2d 583 (1930)

ATLANTIC TRANSPORT CO., Limited, v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

April 7, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Underwood, of New York City, for plaintiff.

J. Frank Staley, of Washington, D. C., and Charles B. Rugg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and WILLIAMS, LITTLETON, GREEN, and GRAHAM, Judges.


GRAHAM, Judge.

This case involves, first, the question whether it is one of salvage or contract; and, second, whether, if it is a case of salvage, it was, under the facts, one in which as a part of the award there should be allowed a sum to make the plaintiff whole for losses and damage to its vessel, the Bardic, incident to its unsuccessful effort to tow the defendant's ship, the Powhatan.

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