Citizens' Bank v. Nantucket Steamboat Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Libel in admiralty. The libel states in substance as follows: That on or about the 22d day of October, last past, the libellants were the owners of a certain package, containing a large number of bank bills, issued by the president, directors and company of the Pacific Bank, in Nantucket, the particular denominations of which the libellants are unable to set forth, but the whole sum and…
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Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Libel in admiralty. The libel states in substance as follows: That on or about the 22d day of October, last past, the libellants were the owners of a certain package, containing a large number of bank bills, issued by the president, directors and company of the Pacific Bank, in Nantucket, the particular denominations of which the libellants are unable to set forth, but the whole sum and amount whereof was $1,000, of the lawful money of the United States of America, and, also, containing a check drawn by…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This cause has. come before the court under circumstances, involving some points of the first impression here, if not of entire novelty; and it has been elaborately argued by the counsel on each side on all the matters of law, as well as of fact, involved in the controversy. I have given them all the attention, both at the argument and since, which their importance has demanded, and shall now proceed to deliver my own judgment The suit is in substance brought to recover from the steamboat company a sum of money, in bank bills and accounts, belonging to the Citizens’…
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