Legal Opinion

The" Abbotsford"

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 21, 1879No. 130PublishedCited by 85 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in an admiralty cause on the instance side of the court, rendered April 13, 1876. The case was up for consideration once before at the present term, and remanded for a finding of the facts and the conclusions of law required by the “ act to facilitate the disposition of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes ” (18 Stat. 315), which went into effect May 1, 1875. The Circuit Court has since complied with the requirements of that statute, and made its return, stating…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Norris v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Pomeroy's Lessee v. State Bank of Ind.Supreme Court of the United States · 1863
  3. United States v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1849

3Cited by85 opinions

  1. Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Kepner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  4. United States v. MerriamSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. The City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1893

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