Kellum v. Emerson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] In admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIS, Circuit Justice.
The principal question argued in this suit was, whether the libel states a case within the admiralty jurisdiction of the court. Its substance is, that the libellant [George Emerson], together with George B. Kellum, Magnus Yentriss, and Caleb B. Watts, in February, 1852, purchased the ship Mary Merrill, of one Brewer, on their joint account, and partly paid for the same; that for the security of the balance of the purchase-money, Brewer was to retain the record title of the ship, but the purchasers were to have the possession and control, and employment thereof, for a…
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