The Hine v. Trevor
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Supreme Court of the State of Iowa; the case, as disclosed by the record, having been, in substance this: A collision occurred between the steamboats Hiñe and Sunshine, on the Mississippi River, at or near St. Louis, in which the latter vessel was injured.
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Error to tbe Supreme Court of the State of Iowa; the case, as disclosed by the record, having been, in substance this: A collision occurred between the steamboats Hiñe and Sunshine, on the Mississippi River, at or near St. Louis, in which the latter vessel was injured. Some months after-wards, the owners of the Sunshine caused the Hine to be seized while she was lying at Davenport, Iowa, in & proceeding under the laws of that State, to subject her to sale-in satisfaction of the damages sustained by their vessel. The code of Iowa, under which this seizure was made, gives a lien against any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The record distinctly raises the question, how far the jurisdiction of the District Courts of the United States in admiralty causes, arising on the navigable' inland waters of this country, is exclusive, and to what extent the State courts can exercise a concurrent jurisdiction ?
Nearly all the States — perhaps all whose territories are penetrated or hounded by rivers capable of floating a steamboat — have statutes authorizing their courts, by proceedings. ifi rem, to enforce contracts or redress torts, which, if they had the same relation to the sea that they have to the waters of those…
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