Sampson v. Welsh
Supreme Court of the United States
. This was an appeal from the Circuit. Court.of the-UnRa States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, sitting in admiralty. The arguments of the counsel were directed to the merits, of the case, which it is not necessary to state under thetview taken of it by the.court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case is brought up by an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
A libel wa-s filed in the District Court for that district by S. & W. Welsh, the appellees, against the ship Sarah, (of which Sampson &; Tappan, the appellants, are the owners,) to recover compensation for damages- sustained by a cargo of .coffee shipped on board the Sarah, at Rio, ancl consigned to the libellants; and also to recover compensation for sundry disburse ments made by the libellants for. the payment of wages ' and provisions for the ship. . . .
The ship-owners…
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