The Three Friends
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The steamer Three Friends was seized November T, 1896, by the collector of customs for the district of St. John’s, Florida, as forfeited to the United States under section 5283 of the Revised Statutes, and, thereupon, November 12, was libelled, on behalf of the United States in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The steamer Three Friends was seized November T, 1896, by the collector of customs for the district of St. John’s, Florida, as forfeited to the United States under section 5283 of the Revised Statutes, and, thereupon, November 12, was libelled, on behalf of the United States in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The first two paragraphs of the libel alleged the seizure and detention of the vessel, and the libel then continued : “ Third. That the said steamboat or steam vessel, the ‘ Three Friends,’ was on,…
1DissentJustice Harlan
I am unable to concur in the views expressed by the court in the opinion just delivered. In my judgment a very strained construction has been put on the statute1 under which this case arises — one not justified by its words, or by any facts disclosed by the record, or by any facts of a public character of which we may take judicial cognizance. It seems to me that the better construction is that given by the learned judge of the District Court. I concur in the general views expressed in his able and satisfactory opinion, which is given below. That opinion so clearly and forcibly states the…
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