The Daniel Ball
Supreme Court of the United States
The act of July 7th, 1888,* provides, in its second section, that it shall not be lawful for the owner, master, or captain of any vessel, propelled in whole or in part'by steam, to transport any merchandise or passengers upon “ the bays, lakes, rivers, or other navigable waters of the United States,” after the 1st of October of that year, without having first obtained from the proper officer a license under existing laws; that for every violation of' this enactment the owner…
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The act of July 7th, 1888,* provides, in its second section, that it shall not be lawful for the owner, master, or captain of any vessel, propelled in whole or in part'by steam, to transport any merchandise or passengers upon “ the bays, lakes, rivers, or other navigable waters of the United States,” after the 1st of October of that year, without having first obtained from the proper officer a license under existing laws; that for every violation of' this enactment the owner or owners of the vessel shall forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of five hundred dollars; and that for this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
Two questions are presented in this case for our determination.
First: Whether the .steamer was at the time designated in the libel engaged-in transporting merchandise and passengers on a navigable water of the United States, within the meaning of the acts of Congress; and,
Second: Whether those acts áre applicable to a steamer engaged as a common carrier between places in the same State, when a portion of the. merchandise transported by ■her is destined to places in other States,, or comes from places without the State, she not running in connection with, or in continuation of any line of…
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