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MERRITT & CHAPMAN DERRICK & WRECKING CO. V. UNITED STATES, 274 U. S. 611 (1927)
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Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. United States, 274 U.S. 611 (1927)
Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. United States
No. 214
Argued March 10, 1927
Decided May 31, 1927
274 U.S. 611
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. 274 U. S. 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.
