Carroll v. Davidson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
: .• Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern’ District of Illinois.
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: .• Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern’ District of Illinois. This appeal is from an order of the District Court, in admiralty, which denies a motion on behalf of the appellants, “to set aside or satisfy” a decree theretofore entered in such court, in favor of James Davidson, as libelant, against the steamer Gordon Campbell and “William P. Carroll, the claimant of the said vessel, as principal, and Jeanie A. Carroll, as surety,” under a bond for release of the vessel upon libel'thereof. The motion was founded upon notice to the…
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, Circuit
Judge, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.-
-..No meritorious question or substantial right on the part of the appellants is presented, either in the motion below or in this appeal. Upon *425what theory of law or fact the motion was made in either phase — to set aside the decree in admiralty or to have satisfaction entered — in the face of the undisputed facts stated in the record below we are at a loss to understand. Conceding that the court sitting in admiralty may entertain a motion for an entry of satisfaction of its decree, upon notice and showing of…
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- The ElmiraU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1882
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