Lowe v. The Indian Hunter
Lowe v. The Indian Hunter
Opinion of the Court
It appearing to the court that this ship, laden with three thousand seven hundred and fifty bales of cotton, bound from Mobile to Liverpool, on the night of the 25th of June last stranded upon the Florida reef, and was totally lost, and that a large number of wrecking vessels and men were employed, off and on, as the weather would permit, one month, in saving the cargo and materials; that they have saved of the cargo three thousand four hundred and thirty-two bales of cotton, eighteen hundred and twenty-five bales of which were saved from the lower hold by diving, and all of it saved in' a more or less damaged condition; that the whole cargo has been sold under an interlocutory decree of the court for the sum of $88,220.75, and the materials for the sum of $2,855.95: Now, therefore, the premises considered, it is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the clerk pay out of the proceeds of the sale of the said cargo and materials, to the libel-lants and petitioners, as follows, to wit: To the parties comprising the first consort ship, the sum of eight thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars and twelve cents, for their services in saving seven hundred and sixty-eight and a half bales of cotton, sold by the marshal as “dry,” being one-quarter of the value thereof; to the same parties, ten thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and eight cents, for saving eleven hundred and forty-one bales sold by the marshal as “slightly damaged” and “damaged,” being forty-two per cent, upon the value thereof; to the same parties, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty-three cents, for saving portions of the ship’s materials; to the parties comprising the second consort ship, three thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty cents, for saving three hundred and ninety-one bales of cotton sold as “damaged,” being forty-two per cent, of the value thereof; to the same parties, five hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents, for saving portions of the ship’s materials; to the owners, masters, and crews of the schooners Libbie Sheppard, Champion, and Nonpareil, nineteen hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents, being one-half the value of two hundred bales of cotton saved by them by diving; to the owners, masters, and crews of the schooners Champion and Nonpareil. two hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-six cents, being one-half of the value of twenty-four bales saved by diving: to the schooner Harriet B. Hawkins, six hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fourteen cents, being one-half the value of sixty-six and a half bales, saved by diving, and twelve dollars and thirty-seven and a half cents for saving materials; to the Lib-bie Sheppard and Alice, eleven hundred and ninety-three dollars and fifty cents, being one-half the value of 119% bales, saved by diving; to the schooner T. E. Bond, sixteen hundred and forty-eight dollars and forty-three cents, being one-half the value of 177 bales saved by diving, and twelve dollars and twenty-one cents for saving materials; to the schooners T. E. Bond and Belle of the Cape, eighteen hundred and sixty dollars and ninety-three cents, being one-half the value of 194 bales saved by diving; to the schooners Temperance, Fashion,
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The INDIAN HUNTER. LOWE v. The INDIAN HUNTER
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- Published