Legal Opinion

Raymond v. Tyson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 18, 1855Published

This was an appeal from the disfriet court of the United States for the northern district of California. The libel was filed in the district court, held by Mr. Ogden Hoiftnan, Jr., who decreed that the libeHant, Tyson, had a lien upon the cargo of coal, for the sum of twelve thousand dollars. The libellant was part owner, and agent, and ship’s husband, of the ship Orphan, and resided in New York.

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This was an appeal from the disfriet court of the United States for the northern district of California. The libel was filed in the district court, held by Mr. Ogden Hoiftnan, Jr., who decreed that the libeHant, Tyson, had a lien upon the cargo of coal, for the sum of twelve thousand dollars. The libellant was part owner, and agent, and ship’s husband, of the ship Orphan, and resided in New York. The claimant appealed to the circuit court, which was also held by Mr. Ogden Hoffman, Jr., where the decree of the district court was affirmed. The claimant then.appealed to this court. The nature of…

1Opinion of the Court 1

58 U.S. 53 (1854)

17 How. 53

ISRAEL W. RAYMOND, OWNER AND CLAIMANT OF THE CARGO OF THE SHIP ORPHAN, CONSISTING OF 844 TONS OF COAL, APPELLANT,

v.

WILLIAM TYSON, LIBELLANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

It was argued by Mr. Lord, for the appellant, and Mr. Cutting, for the appellee.

2Opinion of the Court · WayneJustice Wayne

This is an appeal from the district court for the northern district of California.

The suit was brought, by a libel in the admiralty, against 844 tons of coal (of which Raymond was the claimant) on board the ship Orphan, of which Tyson, the libellant, was a part owner. Its object was to enforce an alleged lien, on the…

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  2. The VolunteerDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1834
  3. Certain Logs of MahoganyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1837
  4. Chandler v. BeldenNew York Supreme Court · 1820
  5. Ruggles v. BucknorU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1824

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