Smith v. Turner
Supreme Court of the United States
These were kindred cases, and were, argued together. They were both brought up to this court by writs of. error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act; the case of Smith v. Turner being brought from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and. Correction of Errors of the State of New York, and the case of Norris v. The City of Boston from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
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These were kindred cases, and were, argued together. They were both brought up to this court by writs of. error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act; the case of Smith v. Turner being brought from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and. Correction of Errors of the State of New York, and the case of Norris v. The City of Boston from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. The opinions of. the justices of this court connect the two cases so closely, that the same course will be pursued in reporting them which was adopted in the License Cases. . Many of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
Smith v. Turner.
Under the general denomination of health laws in New York, and by the seventh section of an act relating to the marine'hospital, it is provided, that “the heálth-cómmissioner shall demand and be entitled to receive, and in case of neglect or refusal to pay shall sue for and recover, -in his name of office, the following sums from' the master of every vessel that shall arrive in the port of New York, viz.: —
“1. From the master of every vessel from a foreign port, for himself and each cabin passenger, one dollar and fifty cents; for each steerage passenger, mate, sailor, or…
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