Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. United States, 274 U.S. 611 (1927)

Name: Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. United States, 274 U.S. 611 (1927) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. United States

No. 214

Argued March 10, 1927
Decided May 31, 1927
274 U.S. 611

ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Syllabus

The aid or benefit to a ship resulting incidentally and indirectly from efforts to extinguish fire on a nearby wharf, put forth for the purpose of saving property not related to her, will not sustain a claim for salvage in the absence of ally request for or acceptance of the service on her behalf. P. 613.

Affirmed.

Error to a decree of the district court dismissing the petition in a suit for salvage brought against the United States under the Tucker Act.

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