Cushing v. Laird
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
' This is a libel in admiralty, filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York by John N. Cushing and others against John Laird, Jr., to recover damages for the destruction of the libellants’ vessel, the “ Sonora,” by the “ Alabama.” The defendant was not found and never appeared in the cause, and his credits and effects were attached in the hands of Foster & Thomson, garnishees.
The garnishees answered that they had in their hands a fund amounting to 131,441.62, known as the proceeds of the steamer “Wren,” wliich was the property of Charles K. Prioleau and not of Laird.…
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