Legal Opinion

Ramsay v. Allegre

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1827PublishedCited by 26 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Maryland. This was a libel filed in the District Court, by the appellant,- Ramsey, against the respondent,'Allegre, alleging that the appellant? at the special instance and request of the respondent, owner, ship’s husband, or consignee of the schooner Dorothea, had performed various work and labour, and found and provided various materials for the use of the said schooner, to equip and prepare her for a voyage on the high seas, amounting to…

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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Maryland. This was a libel filed in the District Court, by the appellant,- Ramsey, against the respondent,'Allegre, alleging that the appellant? at the special instance and request of the respondent, owner, ship’s husband, or consignee of the schooner Dorothea, had performed various work and labour, and found and provided various materials for the use of the said schooner, to equip and prepare her for a voyage on the high seas, amounting to the sum pf 2,428 dollars, 84 cents; that the appellant had often applied to the respondent for payment, and been refused…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

delivered the -opinion of the Court: that, as it did not appear by the record, that the note had been tendered .to be given up, or actually surren*614dered, at the hearing in the Court below, the decree would be affirmed, it not being necessary to consider the general question of jurisdiction.

2Cited by26 opinions

  1. The Steamer St. LawrenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
  2. Compagnie Francaise De Navigation a Vapeur v. BonnasseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
  3. Endner v. GrecoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1880
  4. Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  5. Cheatham v. Wheeling & L. E. Ry. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1930

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