Houseman v. Cargo of the Schooner North Carolina

Court.

This case arises upon a proceeding in admiralty, originally instituted iñ the Superior Court of-Monroe county, iii.the southern district of Florida, and afterwards carried to the Court of Appeals for that Territory; It is brought here by appeal from the decision of the last mentioned Court.

Several questions have been raised in the argument upon the form and manner of proceeding in the Territorial Courts, as well as upon the merits of the controversy; and it becomes necessary to state fully the facts in the record, in order to show the poiuts in dispute, and the principles on which they…