398
FEDERAL REPORTER,
vol. 57.
THE LURLINE. WETMOREv. HAWKINB. (OIrcnlt Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. No. 45. ADMmALTY APPEALS-NEW EVIDENCE-WHEN RECEIVED.
1892.)
In 'an admiralty case the circUit' court of appeals will, on motion, Irtrlke frolll the. tiles depositions takeh <>n appeal by a party who might easily have produced it in the trial court, and who was as well Informed then 8B now 8B to its'materiality and necessity.
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. In Admiralty. Libel by John P. Hawkins against. the yacht Lurline, (William B. Wetmore, claimant.) There was a decree for libelant, and the claimant· appeals. Heard on motion of the claimant. to strike from the files certain depositions taken by libelant,on appeal. Gnmted. An application subsequently made to the supreme court for a writ of mandamus to compel the judges of this court to receive and consider these depositions was denied. See 13 Sup. Ct. Rep. 512. JOhn'Murray Mitchell, for appellant. Goo;·:A.. Black, for appellee. Argued before WALLACE. LACOMBE, and SHIPMAN. Circuit Judges;' PER' OtJRIAM.Motion granted, for the reason that the testimony on deposition in this court was available to libelant on the trial in the district court, witness and books being both present there; that it does not appear that he was prevented from presentingsuc:h testimony except by his own choice; that he 'was as well informed as. to its materiality under the issues when he closed his case as lle is now, and was expressly notified by respondent's motion to dismiss that the latter contended libelant's proof as to the amount of labor performed was insufficient.
THE DENNIS VALENTINE. LA.VERTY et aI. v. THE DENNIS VALENTINJD.
(CitCultCourt of Appeals, Second Circuit. ADMIRALTY-TENDER-COSTS.
August 1, 1893.)
A libel for salvage having been filed by the owners of a steam tug In their behalf only, claii:nants paid into court the full amount claimed by libelants, with accrued costs. Held, that libelants, thereafter falling to establish Ii. right to more than the amount 80 paid, were properly charged with costs accruing 8ubsequent to such payment. 41 Fed. Rep. 664" affirmed.
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899
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of C<mnecticut. In Admiralty. Libel by James Laverty and others, owners of the steam tug Empire, against the steam lighter Dennis Valentine. John Ingham and another, claimants, paid the sum of $100, and $50 accrued costs, into court. Subsequently, to protect the Valentine against further claim, the master and crew of the Empire were made parties. A decree was entered awarding to libelants $100, the amount of the tender, with costs accrued at the date thereof, less the costs of the claimants accruing after the tender, and giving $50 to the master and crew. 47 Fed. Rep. 664. The libelants appeal. Affirmed. JoSiJah A. Hyland, for appellants. JOIJ. F. Mosher, for appellee. BeforeWALLACE and LACOMBE, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. Although the awards may be moderate in amount, we find no such violation of just principles, or clear and palpable mistake, or departure from the path of authority, as would warrant an increase thereof by this court. The libel as uI'iginally filed was that of the owners of the steam tug only. It does not even contain the general clause, "for themselves and .others interested," etc. The claimants' payment into court of $100 for services of the steam tug and '50 accrued costs was, therefore, a tender of the full amount of the claim advanced against them up to the daJte of such tender, and the decree of the district court .correctly awarded against the libelants all costs accruing subsequent thereto, their subsequent litigation having faUed to establish their right to recover more than the amount of claimants' offer. The appeal on this branch of the case is frivolous. Decree affirmed, with costs of this court.
THE EXE. WILLIAMS v. THE EXm. (Cfrcu.ft Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. SmpPING-DANGERS OF NAVIGATION.
Augulrt 1, 1893.'
Where a stanchion suftlcient to resist the pressure of much heavier eargoes on previous voyages gave way from the pressure of a comparatively light cargo on a voyage during which dangers of navigation were encountered, which dangers had been excepted in the blll of lading, the Inference is not of a defect in the stanchion, but of lnJury from the excepted dangera.