Fretz v. Bull
Supreme Court of the United States
This wa s an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for .he Eastern District of Louisiana. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This wa s an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for .he Eastern District of Louisiana. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. The cargo of flatboat No. 2 consisted of 3,136 sacks of corn, 31 barrels and one kég’of lard, 315 sacks of oats, of which there were insured, 1,643 sacks of corn (4,125 bush, at 75c.) . . $3,093 00 158 sacks pats (353 bush, at 40c.) .... 141 20 17 barrel's of lard . . . ....... 333 63 $3,567 83 which was paid by the insurance company, with a small deduction. When paid, there was an argument .between the insurance company and John…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
Two objections were -urged in the argument of this cause by the appellants’ counsel, against this court giving a decision upon its merits.
The one, that the court had not jurisdiction on account of the locality of the collision, it being beyond tide-water; and the other, that the libellants could not prosecute this suit for the benefit of others, as the libellants have no interest in it.
The first may be disposed of, because the court, at this term, has decided, in the case of the Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh et al., that the constitutional jurisdiction of the United States in admiralty was not…
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