Legal Opinion

Ex Parte McNiel

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 25, 1872PublishedCited by 165 opinions

Sur petition for a writ of prohibition to the judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne

stated the case and delivered the opinion of the court.

Alexander Banter filed his libel in the District Court above named against the owners of the bark Maggie McNiel, wherein it was set forth that the libellant was a pilot of the port of New York, duly licensed under the laws of the State of New York, to pilot vessels by way of Hellgate, and that the respondents were the owners of the bark; that on the 27th day of February, 1870, the libellant, at a point on Long Island Sound, tendered his services and offered to the master of the bark to pilot her by way of Hellgate to the port of New York,…

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3Cited by165 opinions

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