Pratt v. Fitzhugh
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of New York. In May, 1857, the plaintiff in. error, Pratt, filed his libel in the District Court of the United States for the northern district of New York against the propellfer Kentucky, her boats, &c., to recover damages caused by a collision with a vessel owned by him on Lake Erie.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of New York. In May, 1857, the plaintiff in. error, Pratt, filed his libel in the District Court of the United States for the northern district of New York against the propellfer Kentucky, her boats, &c., to recover damages caused by a collision with a vessel owned by him on Lake Erie. The Kentucky was seized on the 27th of May, and on the same day a bond for her release was executed by the defendants, as sureties for the claimant of the Kentucky, which bond was duly approved and the Kentucky was' discharged. A recovery…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
Pratt, the plaintiff’in error, obtained a decree in admiralty against the propeller Kentucky for a collision on Lake Erie. The defendants had given a bond as sureties for the discharge of the vessel from the attachment when first seized, and a summary decree was entered against them, according to the rules and practice in the District Court. Execution was issued, commanding the marshal to make the decree out of the goods and chattels, &c., of the defendants; and in default thereof, to arrest and keep them in custody till the moneys were paid, &c. The defendants were arrested and imprisoned…
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