The Sybil
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of South Carolina. This was a case of civil salvage, in which the District Court decreed a moiety of the net proceeds, as salvage, to be distributed in certain proportions among the^salvors; which was reversed by the Circuit Court on appeal, and one fourth decréed as salvage, to be divided among the respective salvors, in proportions somewhat different from those ordered by the District Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of South Carolina. This was a case of civil salvage, in which the District Court decreed a moiety of the net proceeds, as salvage, to be distributed in certain proportions among the^salvors; which was reversed by the Circuit Court on appeal, and one fourth decréed as salvage, to be divided among the respective salvors, in proportions somewhat different from those ordered by the District Court. The cause was submitted to this Court without argument,
1Opinion of the Court · MarshallChief Justice Marshall
delivered the opi*99nion of the Court. This is a case, in which, under its- peculiar circumstances, the amount of salvage is ,. . T ■’ . 1 . &.tl discretionary. . In such cases, it is almost impossible that different minds, contemplating the same subject, should not form different conclüsions as to the amount of salvage to be decreed, and the mode of distribution;. ’ Appeals should not be encouraged upon the ground of minute distinctions; nor would this Court choose to reverse the decision óf a Circuit Court, in this class of cases, unless it manifestly appeared, that some important, error had…
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