Jackson v. Steamboat Magnolia
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the middle district of Alabama. The case came up on an appeal from the judgment of the District Court, dismissing the libel for want of jurisdiction, after the following agreement had been filed: Be it remembered, that off the trial of this cause, which was a libel in admiralty, it was agreed that the question of jurisdiction should be submitted to the court on the facts heréinafter stated, which were…
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the middle district of Alabama. The case came up on an appeal from the judgment of the District Court, dismissing the libel for want of jurisdiction, after the following agreement had been filed: Be it remembered, that off the trial of this cause, which was a libel in admiralty, it was agreed that the question of jurisdiction should be submitted to the court on the facts heréinafter stated, which were admitted to be true; ■ and if the court should be of the opinion that the court had jurisdiction of the cause, then the cause…
1Opinion of the Court 1
61 U.S. 296 (____)
20 How. 296
THOMAS JACKSON, WILLIAM HIGDON, AND ARCHIBALD OLDS, OWNERS OF THE STEAMBOAT WETUMPKA, LIBELLANTS AND APPELLANTS,
v.
THE STEAMBOAT MAGNOLIA, HER TACKLE, &C., WILLIAM F. JAMES, MASTER, &C.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was argued at the preceding term of this court upon printed arguments by Mr. Francis Lee Smith for the appellants, and Mr. Dargan for the appellees; also orally by Mr. Phillips for the appellees.
2Opinion of the Court · GrierJustice Grier
The only question presented for our consideration on this appeal is, whether the court below had jurisdiction.
The libel purports to be in a cause of…
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