The New England Insurance Company v. the Sarah Ann
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. In.September, 1834, in the District Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts, the New England Insurance' Company filed a libel stating that they were the true owners of the brig Sarah Ann, then in the district of Massachusetts, and in the possession ol Obadiah Woodbury and. others, claiming to be the owners of the said brig, and who are about to carry her to sea…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. In.September, 1834, in the District Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts, the New England Insurance' Company filed a libel stating that they were the true owners of the brig Sarah Ann, then in the district of Massachusetts, and in the possession ol Obadiah Woodbury and. others, claiming to be the owners of the said brig, and who are about to carry her to sea without'the consent of the libellants. A summons was issued to Obadiah Woodbury and others, commanding them to appear and show…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.-Justice Wayne
delivered the opinion of the Court.—
-This is an - appeal from the Circuit Court, of the Unitéd States for the district of Massachusetts, and has been submitted to this Court on the printed arguments of the counsel for the libellants and respondents. Those arguments so entirely occupy the grounds relied, upon in support of the respective rights of the parties, and the case has been so fully considered in the Court below, as if is reported in. 2 Sumner, 206, that this Court has little left for it to do, than to announce its opinion upon the points it deems material for its…
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