Legal Opinion

The "Adriatic."

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 18, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Motion to strike from the transcript the depositions and oral testimony taken in the progress of the cause in the several courts below.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

Sect. 698 of the Revised Statutes provides that, upon the appeal of any cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, a transcript of the record shall be transmitted to this court “ and copies of the proofs and of such entries and papers on file as may be necessary on the hearing of the appeal.” While sect. 1 of the act of Feb. 16, 1875, c. 77 (18 Stat., pt. 3, 315), limits the review by this- court of the judgments and decrees on the instance side of courts of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction to the questions of law arising on the record, and to such rulings of the court below excepted to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. The" Abbotsford"Supreme Court of the United States · 1879

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. The E. A. Packer, ScullySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Nashua & Lowell R. v. Boston & Lowell R.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
  3. Merchants' Insurance v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. The AdriaticU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879

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