Legal Opinion

Badger v. Gutierez's Administratrix

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 5, 1884No. 309PublishedCited by 7 opinions

IN error to the circuit court of the united states for the EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The facts constituting the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

This is an action by defendant in error against Badger, plaintiff in.error, who was collector of the port of New Orleans, for the wrongful seizure and detention of the license, enrolment, shipping articles, and other papers of the schooner Theresa G, of which he was owner. The plaintiff on the trial recovered a verdict for the. sum of .$3,000 damages, and on his remitting $1,000 of the verdict,, a. judgment was rendered for the remainder with costs.

A bill of exceptions sets forth the facts in the case as follows:

“ Be it' remembered that on- the trial of this cause before a jury there was…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Braga v. BragaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Standard Oil Co. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1939
  3. United States v. CameanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
  4. Lockwood v. BartlettNew York Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Peterson v. The Nellie & AnnieDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1889

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