The " Francis Wright"
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Southern District of New York. Duncan & Poey, the libellants, entered into the following charter-party with Woodhouse & Rudd, the claimants : — “ This charter-party, made in the city of New York this thirteenth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, between Messrs.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Southern District of New York. Duncan & Poey, the libellants, entered into the following charter-party with Woodhouse & Rudd, the claimants : — “ This charter-party, made in the city of New York this thirteenth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, between Messrs. Woodhouse & Rudd, owners of the steamer ‘ Francis Wright,’ of New York, of the burthen of 600 tons or thereabouts, now lying in the harbor of New York, of the first part, and Messrs. Duncan &.Poey, merchants of Philadelphia, of the second…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief-Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of-.the court.
Three questions have been presented on the argument of this appeal: —
1. Whether Congress has the constitutional power to confiné • the jurisdiction of this court on appeals in admiralty to questions' of law arising on the record;
2. Whether, upon the bill of. exceptions,' the. court below-erred in refusing to find Certain facts which, as is claimed, were established by uncontradicted evidence, and in finding others which had- no evidence at all to support them-; and,'
3. Whether, on the facts found, the decree below was right.
1. As'to…
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