Admiralty, Hughes, 117-124; 28-38.
Admiralty Reports, Brown, Williams, 208.
Sturgis v. Boyer, 24 How. 110.
Collisions, Marsden, Chapter VIII.
Webb, 14 Wall. 406.
[23] See § 9, Chapter XI, supra.
CHAPTER XIII
SALVAGE AND GENERAL AVERAGE
1. Definitions.—
Salvage may be defined as a legal liability which is created by the rescue of maritime property from perils of the sea. It may be quite independent of contract or agreement and these do not affect its nature. The word also designates the reward or compensation for the rescue and, sometimes, the property which is saved. Its essentials are maritime property in peril and a voluntary successful effort to save it. From the standpoint of the owner of the property, it is the price of safety.