Owners of the Sloop Chester v. Owners of the Brig Experiment
Supreme Court of the United States
A PETITION for sustaining an appeal, with testimony in support of the allegations contained in the petition, being filed, a rule was granted to shew cause, why the appeal should not be sustained. The case was argued, on the 1st of May, and on the 3d of May, Griffin, Read and Lowell,
1Opinion of the Court
the presiding Commissioners, delivered the decision of the Court:
BY THE COURT.
Having considered the evidence, and arguments adduced by the Counsel for the petitioners, and respondents, we are of opinion, that there is not sufficient cause to admit the appeal of the petitioners, from the decree of the Court of Admiralty, in the State of South Carolina, condemning the Sloop Chester, her Apparel, and Cargo. If the appeal should be admitted, it must be on this principle, that there had been such irregularities in the proceedings, as that justice and right required, that the cause should be…
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