204 WILSON fl. WINCHESTER. t
mi8trict Court, E. D. $6tD rork. October 22, 1886.) S.A.LVAGE-FIRE-SCUOON.ER AT PIER-HAULED INTO STREAH-AWARD-ADDI. TIONAL COSTS.
A tire broke ant in oil-works not far from the pier where the respondent's · steam-schooner lay loaded ·with case-oil. Libelant's tug took hold of her, and drew her out into the stream. Held, that the service was a salvage servo ice, for which libelant should recover $200. besides $25 added to his taxable costs.
In Admiralty. Alexa,nder & Ash, for libelant. .: Benedict, Tajt& Benedict, for respondents. . , ,
'.' BENEl;>ICT, J. .The service renderel1 by the libelant was clearlY!l salvage service, entitled to be compensated as such. The billof $200, presented by the libelant for his services, was, in my opinion, a reasonable the circumstances, and: should have been paid. Iawarl1 the therefore, that sum aahissalvage reward. For that sum, together with his costs, he maybll.v-e'adecree, and I add $25 to the taxable costs, in order to reduce by so much the libelant's of the litigation made necessary by the defendants' refusal to pay the libelant's reasonable bill.
THE SWALLOW.. ALLEN
and another
fl. SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTy-FIVE TONS OF
COAL.
(Clrcult Court, E. D. New York. June 17,1886.) DEMURRAGE-DESIGNATION OF WHARF-IMPROPER PLACE.
The decision of. the district· court in the same case (27 Fed. Rep. 816) af· firmed.
Admiralty Appeal. Wilcox, Adams «.Macklin, ror appellee, Mary E. Allen. Souther & Steadman, for appellants. BLATCHFORD, Justice. I have reached', in this case, the same conclusions with the district judge, and for the reasons set forth by him. 27 Fed. Rep. 316. A decree will be entered to the same purport as that made by the district court on the fifth of April, 1886, with costs to the" libelants in this court. 1 Reported by Edward G. Benedict, Esq., oUhe New York bar. SReported by R. D. & Wyllys Benedict, Esqs., of the New York bar.
THE lUNA A. READ.
205
THE
MINA
A.
READ. 1
M.. E.
BYARD.
CAMP 11. THE MINA
READ.
NASH '11. THE
M. E.
ByARn.
(DiBtrict Court, E. D. New York.
November HI, 1886.)
COLLISION-Two SCHOONERS- FAULTY LOOKOUT - CHANGE Oll' COUUSE-VESSEL CLOSE-HAULED ON PORT TACK-STARBOARD TACK. .
On the evidence, held, that the schooner R. was in fault for the collision be· tween herself and the schooner B., for not seeinf the lights of the B. in time to avoid her, and also for a change of course. I the deduction were drawn from the evidence that the R. was close-hauled, and made no change of course, h'eld, that her liability would still be clear, as she was close-hauled on the port tack, and hence bound to avoid the B.. close-hauled on the starboard tack·.
In Admiralty. Wilcox. Ada1l18 k Macklin, for Anson Camp and the M. E. Byard. Hill, Wing k Shoudy, for Nash and the Mina A. Read. . BENEDICT, J. It is plain that the Mina A. Read was sailing without a proper lookout, and I see no reason to doubt thatthe collision in question would have been avoided if the Byard had been seen, as she would have been seen by a proper lookout on the Mina A. Read, either when the lights displayed by the Byard became visible, or at the distance at which the lights of the Mina A. Read were actually seen by those on board the Byard. By reason ofthis fault, about which there is no room for dispute, the Mina A. Read should be held responsible for the collision that ensued. As between the conflicting statements of the respective parties in the pleadings, in regard to a change of course on the part of the Mina A. Read when near the Byard, I think the weight of the evidence to be in favor of the statement of those on board the Byard, and upon such a finding on that issue the liability of the Mina A. Read follows, because of the additional fault of changing her course so as to cross the bows of the Byard, causing the collision thereby. If, laying aside the case stated in the pleadings, it be found, as perhaps it might be found upon the evidence from the Mina A. Read, tha.t the Mina A. Read was sailing close-hauled, and made no change of course, still the liability -of the Mina A. Read would be clear. For, in that case, the Mina A. Read, sailing close-hauled on the port tack, was .bound to avoid the By. ard, sailing close-hauled upon the starboard tack. And this she failed to do, because she kept no proper lookout. Let a decree in favor of the libelant, with an order of reference, be entered in the first case above .stated, and in the second case let the libel be dismissed, with costs. . 1
Reported by Edward G. Benedict, Esq., of the New York bar.