The Algitha’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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1. ““Tlie conduct of Gapt. Nickerson, upon observing the signals of distress, in going out of Ills course, and in lying by tlie Algitha during Hie night, evinced a highly commendable spirit and it is with hesitation that T, deny' all compensation for their delay, and for the twelve hours’ towing; but as the’ Algitha, without any stress of weather, was left by him as helpless, and in at least as unfavorable a position, as where he found her, if not in a worse one, and as he abandoned lier without any communication or consultation with her master, and as I find that the contract, regarded simply as a tow-age contract, was not performed, I do not think it is a case in which there should be any recovery. Services to vessels in distress should be encouraged, but not such as voluntarily leave the disabled vessel in the same plight.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The Henry Steers, Jr.

2. ““It appears a duty owing by the courts oí admiralty to the public to give a reward sufficiently liberal to induce the master of any steamer to overeóme all unwillingness to assume additional labor, to put asido his desire to make a direct And quick passage, even to disregard the express instructions of his owners, in favor of the request of another steamer disabled at sea to he towed to a place of safety.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The I. W. Nicholas