Joseph W. NOLAN, Charles O. Keagy, Jr., Earl F. Wingert, Ralph W. Belmore, William D. Eveland, James K. Stellos, Charles W. Snyder, Thomas H. Grissom, Frank C. Richardson, Walter E. Shannon, Jr., Bernard M. Baldomar, Virgil W. Keith, Charles F. Bartlett, George P. Epting, Appellants,
v.
A. H. BASSE REDERIAKTIESELSKAB and Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., Inc.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 6, 1959.
Decided June 11, 1959.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Henry E. Howell, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., Jett, Sykes & Howell, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellants.
J. Welles Henderson, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Rawle & Henderson, Harrison G. Kildare, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.
Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and STALEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs-appellants, fourteen members1 of the crew of an Army tug, "LT-1953", sought an award for salvage by reason of their efforts in saving a cargo of cryolite ore laden aboard the Danish vessel the "Else Basse". The appellants were granted specific authority by the United States Army to bring the suit at bar. The libel was filed against A. H. Basse Rederiaktieselskab, the shipowner, but since that corporation...
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