Folger v. The Robert G. Shaw
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Justice.
A court of admiralty differs in various respects from a court of law in its forms of proceeding, as well as in its- principles of decision. But it has rules of practice, though mure - flexible, and to sustain them can award costs, and should against a party guilty of a false clamor, or in fault either in preliminary or final proceedings. See Deshon v. Medora [Case No. 3,820], and cases in Burnham v. Rangely [Id. 2,177]; 2 Bac. Abr. “Court of Admiralty,” E. When it ought to do more and bar other suits, by rendering judgment in chief between the parties as well as…
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