Pope v. Seckworth

The question of jurisdiction was raised upon the argument of this case, but I have no doubt of the jurisdiction of admiralty in such a case as the present. If authority is needed, it will be found by reference to the case of Ex parte Boyer, 109 U. S. 629, 3 Sup. Ct. Rep. 434, and the case of The Belfast, 7 Wall. 624. Lewis Pope & Sons, libelants, *831were on June 21, 189J, tlie owners of a certain barge, which on that day lay in the Allegheny river, at the foot of Twenty-Second street, in the city of Pittsburgh. It was laden with railroad ties and locust posts, belonging to Barrett & Dunbar, also…