The Sarah Harris
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of New York.] In admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Justice.
On the 1st of December, 1870, the brig Sarah Harris sailed from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, on a voyage to Montevideo, South America. The brig was owned by John Harris and Richard Jones, who were residents of Annapolis aforesaid, and then living. On the 23d of January, 1S71, the brig put into St. Thomas, in distress. Under judicial proceedings there bad, the brig was condemned to be sold, was sold, and was purchased by Captain Fullmore and by Loran Cochran. If there was fraud in such proceedings, the libellant was not a party thereto, or cognizant of the same. Terence…
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