The Jerusalem

STORY, Circuit Justice.

The question here does not singly depend upon the right of the admiralty to entertain suits in favor of material men. If there be any persons, who doubt that jurisdiction, I beg not to be comprehended in the number. In my judgment, and I speak after having given the subject a very grave consideration, the admiralty has always rightfully possessed jurisdiction over all maritime contracts; and the decisions of the courts of common law, prohibiting its exercise, ai e neither consistent in themselves, nor reconcilable with principle. In the struggle between the courts of…