Of the Steamer Louisiana v. Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
This was ,an appeal from the Circuit Court, of the United States for the district of Maryland, sitting in admiralty; The facts of the case are stated in the . opinion of the court. The District Court decreed that the libellants should recover the- sum of three thousand, dollars, they having claimed six thousand.
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This was ,an appeal from the Circuit Court, of the United States for the district of Maryland, sitting in admiralty; The facts of the case are stated in the . opinion of the court. The District Court decreed that the libellants should recover the- sum of three thousand, dollars, they having claimed six thousand. From-this decree both parties appealed, but upon its being affirmed in the Circuit Court as to both.cross-appealsj the claimants of the steamer, were the only party who brought. the case up to this court. The arguments in cases .of collision chiefly rest upon an examination of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The appellees instituted their suit in the District Court of the United States for the district of Maryland, sitting in admiralty, against the steamer Louisiana, in a cause of collision arising between the steamer and the schooner George D, Eisher, in the Chesapeake bay, in December, 1855, in which the latter was run into and sunk, and became a total loss.
The libellants charge, that before and at the time of the collision the schooner was bound oh a voyage from Philadelphia to Norfolk, through the Chesapeake bay, and was properly manned and éqúipped for that voyage, and carefully navigated.…
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