Smith v. Condry
Supreme Court of the United States
This cáse came up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of .Columbia, and was argued at January term, 1842. The court held it under a curia advisare vult, and -pronounced their decision at the present term. The facts in the case were these.
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This cáse came up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of .Columbia, and was argued at January term, 1842. The court held it under a curia advisare vult, and -pronounced their decision at the present term. The facts in the case were these. The plaintiffs in error, who were also plaintiffs in the court below, were the owners- of a vessel called the Francis Depau, which was lying in the port of Liverpool, on the 15th of' February, 1838, loaded and ready for sea. The barque Tasso, owned by the defendant, in coming out of the docks, ran foul of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case arises from a collision in the port of Liverpool, between the barque Tasso, and the ship Francis Depau, in which the latter sustained’ considerable injury. The vessels were both American; the.Francis Depau being.owned by the plaintiffs in error, and the Tasso by the defendant.
It' appears from the evidence, that at the time the accident happened, the Tasso was in charge of -a regular pilot, leaving the Prince’s dock on her homeward voyage; and the Francis Depau was at anchor in the harbour, laden with salt, and ready to sail. And in order to prove that the injury arose from…
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