18 GCA BUSINESS STRUCTURE & FUNCTION CH. 57 SERVICE WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT CHAPTER 57 SERVICE WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT § 57101. Voluntary Interference with Property. § 57102. Salvage. § 57101. Voluntary Interference with Property. One who officiously and without the consent of the real or apparent owner of a thing, takes it into his possession for the purpose of rendering a service about it, must complete such service, and use ordinary care, diligence, and reasonable skill about the same. He is not entitled to any compensation for his service or expenses, except that he may deduct actual and necessary expenses incurred by him about such service from any profits which his service has caused the thing to acquire for its owner, and must account to the owner for the residue. SOURCE: CC § 2078. § 57102. Salvage. A person other than the master, mate, or a seaman thereof, who rescues a ship, her appurtenances, or cargo, from danger, is entitled to a reasonable compensation therefor, to be paid out of the property saved. He has a lien for such claim, which is regulated by Part 2 of this Title; but no claim for salvage, as such, can accrue against any vessel, or her freight, or cargo, in favor of the owners, officers, or crew of another vessel belonging to the same owners; but the actual cost at the time of the services rendered by one such vessel to another, when in distress, is payable through a general average contribution on the property saved. SOURCE: CC § 2079. NOTE: No 1970 Civil Code '§ 2080-2084 existed. ---------- 1 COL120106 18 GCA BUSINESS STRUCTURE & FUNCTION CH. 57 SERVICE WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT COL120106