The Bayonne
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This ivas a libel filed by the United States in the District Court for the Southern District of New York to recover a penalty from the steamship Bayonne, under the act of Congress-approved June 29, 1888, entitled “An act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York city, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such…
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This ivas a libel filed by the United States in the District Court for the Southern District of New York to recover a penalty from the steamship Bayonne, under the act of Congress-approved June 29, 1888, entitled “An act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York city, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offences.” 25 Stat. 209, c. 496. The first section of that act provides: “ That the placing, discharging, or depositing, by any…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
No question as to the constitutionality of the act of Congress arises on this appeal, but it is contended that the jurisdiction of the District Court, was in issue, and that therefore the appeal was. properly taken directly to this court. But the judiciary act of March 8, 1891, provides that in cases where the jurisdiction of the court below is in issue, that question, and that alone, shall be certified to this court for decision, the inquiry being limited to the question thus certified. United States v. Jahn, 155 U. S. 109, 113.
In Maynard v. Hecht, 151 U. S. 324, we held, that a certificate…
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