Board of Health v. Pooley

This suit is brought to recover of the defendants one hundred and five dollars, alleged to be due for certain drafts drawn by the captains of the schooners Southern, West Florida and Emma De Russy, for the inspection, at sundry times, of said vessels at the Rigolets, the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi river, during the time the quarantine regulations were inforced in the year 1855.

The defendants, by their answer, deny that they owe the plaintiffs anything exc.ept $15, which they aver they deposited in court. They deny that the Board of Health had any right to claim any ’fees or charges of…