Whitridge v. Dill
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appéal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the, district of Maryland. It was a libel filed in the District Court by Joshua Dill and ten others, owner*, .of the schooner Henry R. Smith, against the schooner Fannie Crocker, for running down and sinking the schooner Henry. R. Smith. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of. the court. The District Court decreed against the Fannie Crocker, and this decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court.
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This was an appéal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the, district of Maryland. It was a libel filed in the District Court by Joshua Dill and ten others, owner*, .of the schooner Henry R. Smith, against the schooner Fannie Crocker, for running down and sinking the schooner Henry. R. Smith. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of. the court. The District Court decreed against the Fannie Crocker, and this decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court. Whitridge and the other owners appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland. The libel was filed in the District Court on the thirty-first day of March, 1855.. It was a proceeding in rem against the schooner Fannie Crocker, and was instituted by the libellants, as the owners of the schooner Henry R. Smith, to recover damages on account -of a collision which to.ok place between those vessels on the’ ninth day of March, 1855, in the Chesapeake bay, whereby. the latter vessel was run down and totally lost. As alleged by the libellants, their vessel sailed the day…
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