Ex Parte Baltimore and Ohio Rr Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Petition for mandamus. .A collision occurred-in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, between the steamer “ Knickerbocker,” owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad C°mPany? and the barge “ J. J. Munger,” owned by Jeannette Maxon.
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Petition for mandamus. .A collision occurred-in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, between the steamer “ Knickerbocker,” owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad C°mPany? and the barge “ J. J. Munger,” owned by Jeannette Maxon. The barge was loaded with grain belonging to the partnership firm of J. & C. Moore & Co. Both the barge and her cargo were injured in the collision, and the owner of the barge united with the owners of the cargo in a libel against the steamer to recover the damages they had respectively sustained. The suit thus begun terminated in a decree in the Circuit Court for the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
It is impossible to distinguish this case in principle from Oliver v. Alexander, 6 Pet. 143; Stratton v. Jarvis, 8 id. 4; Spear v. Place, 11 How. 522; and Rich v. Lambert, 12 id. 347, under which, for half a century, it has been held that when in admiralty distinct causes of action in favor of distinct parties, growing out of the sáme transaction, are united in one suit, ■ according to the practice of the courts of that jurisdiction, distinct decrees in favor of or against distinct parties cannot be joined to give this court jurisdiction on appeal. In Seaver v. Bigelows, 5 Wall. 208; Paving…
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