Legal Opinion

Folger v. The Robert G. Shaw

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided May 15, 1847No. Case No. 4,899PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wilkinson v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1821
  2. Haskell v. WhitneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815
  3. President of the Salem Bank v. President of the Gloucester BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
  4. Stuart v. SimpsonNew York Supreme Court · 1828
  5. Pratt v. HullNew York Supreme Court · 1816

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Neilson v. The ValentineDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1919

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