St. John v. Paine
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The circumstances of the case will be best explained by inserting the libel and answer, which were as follows. “ To the Honorable Samuel B. Betts, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The circumstances of the case will be best explained by inserting the libel and answer, which were as follows. “ To the Honorable Samuel B. Betts, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. “ The libel and complaint of Zebuion A, Paine of Eastport, in the State of Maine, owner of one half part of the schooner lole, and owner of .part of the cargo lately shipped on board thereof; Sarah Norwood of Eastport, in the State of Maine, aforesaid, owner of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appéal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
The suit was commenced in the District Court in admiralty against the steamboat Neptune by the appellees, who were the owners of the schooner Iole, for damages done by a collision on Long Island Sound, off Stratford Point, on the evening of the 14th of July, 1846.
The Iole was laden with a cargo of lumber, plaster, and fish in barrels, and was of about eighty tons burdén
*580The Neptune had on board from 200 to 250 passengers. The schooner was struck near midships, on the larboard side,…
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