Crapo v. Kelly
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of New. York; the case being thus: On the 18th of January, 1861, the American ship Arctic, owned, as to one-half, by Gibbs & Jenny, of Massachusetts, and registered as to that half in their1 names, in the port of Eairhaven, in the State aforesaid, was at the guano islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean, and on that day set sail from the said islands for New York.
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Error to the Supreme Court of New. York; the case being thus: On the 18th of January, 1861, the American ship Arctic, owned, as to one-half, by Gibbs & Jenny, of Massachusetts, and registered as to that half in their1 names, in the port of Eairhaven, in the State aforesaid, was at the guano islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean, and on that day set sail from the said islands for New York. On the 12th of February, and the'6th of March following, the ship, then sailing on the said ocean, and the said Gibbs & Jenny being insolvent and applying voluntarily to the judge of the insolvent court of…
1Opinion of the Court 1
83 U.S. 610 (____)
16 Wall. 610
CRAPO
v.
KELLY.
Supreme Court of United States.
Mr. W.M. Evarts, against the jurisdiction and in support of the ruling below.
Mr. Edwards Pierpont (with whom was Mr. W. Stanley), contra.
2Opinion of the Court · HuntJustice Hunt
The claim of Federal jurisdiction over this action is based upon article 4, section 1, of the Constitution of the United States. It is there declared that "full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State; and the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings…
Also in this document: Concurring in the judgment; Dissent.
3Cases cited10 opinions
- Ogden v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Mills v. DuryeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
- The Marianna FloraSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
- Crapo v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Winsor v. McLellanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1843
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