Thompson v. Spraigue, Soulle & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pilots. Contracts. Laws. Public Policy. Constitutional Law. Before Judge TOMPKINS. Chatham Superior Court. June Term, 1882, In addition to the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to state that the case was submitted to the presiding judge without a jury; and that he decided as follows: “(1.) The plaintiff has no cause of action against the defendants under either of the sections 1512 or 15x7 of the Code of Georgia.
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Pilots. Contracts. Laws. Public Policy. Constitutional Law. Before Judge TOMPKINS. Chatham Superior Court. June Term, 1882, In addition to the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to state that the case was submitted to the presiding judge without a jury; and that he decided as follows: “(1.) The plaintiff has no cause of action against the defendants under either of the sections 1512 or 15x7 of the Code of Georgia. And this is held, even if the said section 1512 is constitutional, and was not annulled by section 4237 of the revised statutes of the United States, because the…
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Chief Justice.
This suit was instituted by the plaintiff in error against the defendants for $93 16-100, alleged to be due plaintiff as a pilot for the port of Savannah, based on the refusal of the defendants, owners of the steamship Saxon, through the master of said steamer as their agent, to receive said pilot and permit him to pilot the ship over Tybee bar and up the river to Savannah. By agreement of counsel, the case was submitted to the court below without the intervention of a jury, on an agreed statement of facts. Whereupon judgment was rendered for the defendants, and the…
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