PUGET SOUND TUG & BARGE CO. v. WATERMAN S. S. CORP.

Nos. 25538, 25539.

98 F.Supp. 123 (1951)

PUGET SOUND TUG & BARGE CO. et al. v. WATERMAN S. S. CORP. SHIPOWNERS & MERCHANTS TOWBOAT CO., Ltd. v. WATERMAN S. S. CORP. THE SEA FOX.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

June 5, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. McKeon and McKeon & Colby, all of San Francisco, Cal., proctors for libelants.

Clarence G. Morse, Francis Tetreault, and Graham & Morse, all of San Francisco, Cal., proctors for respondent.


ROCHE, Chief Judge.

By these two actions, which were consolidated for trial, the libelants seek to recover an award for the alleged salvage of respondent's vessel, the S. S. Herald of the Morning, by the tugs Sea Fox, Neptune and Hercules.

The litigation grows out of the following facts, as disclosed by the record.

At all pertinent times the respondent Waterman Steamship Corporation (hereinafter called "Waterman") was the owner of the American steamer...

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