Olney v. the Steam-Ship Falcon
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. A libel was filed in the district court, by Olney, alleging the shipment and non-delivery of a box of merchandise, in consequence of which he was entitled to recover the damages by him sustained, which amounted to the sum of eighteen hundred dollars and upwards. The district court dismissed the libel, and the circuit court affirmed the decree.
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This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. A libel was filed in the district court, by Olney, alleging the shipment and non-delivery of a box of merchandise, in consequence of which he was entitled to recover the damages by him sustained, which amounted to the sum of eighteen hundred dollars and upwards. The district court dismissed the libel, and the circuit court affirmed the decree. The libellant, appealed to this court. Mr. Cutting moved to dismiss the appeal, upon the ground that the amount in controversy appeared, by the record,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York, in admiralty.
A motion is made by defendants’ counsel to dismiss the appeal,, for want of jurisdiction.
In the libel, the shipment of a box of merchandise, which was not delivered to the consignee, &e., is alleged, and that the libellant is entitled to recover of said vessel the damages by him sustained, which amount to .the sum. of eighteen hundred dollars and upwards,” &c.
The district court dismissed the libel, from which decision an appeal was taken to the circuit court, and that court…
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