Smith v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the circuit court of the second judicial circuit of the State of Maryland, in - and for Anne Arundel county. The case is stated in' the opinion of the court.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the circuit court of the second judicial circuit of the State of Maryland, in - and for Anne Arundel county. The case is stated in' the opinion of the court. Mr. Latrobe contended that all the laws of Maryland, namely.: 1833, ch. 254; 1837, ch. 310; 1846, ch, 38 ; 1849, ch. 217, and a law passed in 1854, should be taken in connection as forming a body of legislation in pari materia. 12 How. 299. ■ These laws tvere said to be unconstitutional on these grounds, namely-:— 1. Because they are repugnant to the 8th section of the first article of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This is a writ of error to the circuit court for Anne Arundel county, in the State of Maryland, .under the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789. It appears by the record that the plaintiff in error, being a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, was the owner of a sloop called The Volant, which was regularly-enrolled at the port of Philadelphia, and licensed to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries; that, in March, 1853, the schooner was seized by the sheriff of Anne Arundel county, while engaged in dredging for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, and was condemned to be forfeited to…
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