Legal Opinion
The Sparkle
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 15, 1874PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In .admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
BENEDICT, District Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition filed by one William F. Martin, under circumstances so novel and peculiar that a detailed statement of the proceedings in the cause is necessary to the understanding of the questions of law and of fact now to be determined.
On the 27th of August, 1874, a libel was filed by one Charles H. Pratt, to enforce a lien against the steamship Sparkle for ship chandlery and ship stores, amounting to .$790, supplied to that vessel, on or about the 21st of September, 1872, at Norfolk, Virginia. On the same day, process in rem was…
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- Lansing v. M'PhersonNew York Court of Chancery · 1818
- Griffith v. HadleyThe Superior Court of New York City · 1862
- Lefevre v. LarawayNew York Supreme Court · 1856
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- Thompson v. McIntoshDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1900
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- The UnionDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1884
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