steam whaler was wrecked in the Arctic Ocean, and some of its cargo was saved by the whaler accompanying it. Parties to the litigation had co-ownership interests amounting to about one-third of the salving vessel and about half of the wrecked vessel and her salvaged cargo. Id. at 922-23. After a thorough and insightful review of the case law on salvage where both vessels have the same owner, the district court concluded that “the authorities do not ... eliminat[e] from a salvage service the interests of all persons who may also have some interest in the salved property.” Id. at 924-25. The court awarded 46.6% of the award to the owners of the salving ship, with the remainder to the officers and the crew. Id. at 927. See also Jacobson v. Panama R. Co., 266 F. 344 (2d Cir.1920) (<HOLDING>). In apportioning the salvage award, the
holding that the current property owner may not assert a public nuisance claim against the former owner holding that it was not an abuse of discretion for the court to deny an award of attorneys fees to the wife holding that where both vessels had the same owner it was not an abuse of discretion to give 75 of the salvage award to the owner holding stock dividend payable to actual owner not owner of record holding that premises owner had duty to use degree of care in performing activities that owner of ordinary prudence would use under same or similar circumstances