Sinnot v. Davenport
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the judiciary act. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama.
The suit was brought by the plaintiffs below, commissioners t f pilotage of the harbor of Mobile, against the steamboat Bagaby, of which1 Sinnot, the defendant, was master, to recover certain penalties for a violation of the law of the State of Alabama, passed February 15, 1854, entitled “Án act to provide for the registration of the names of steamboat owners.”
The 1st section of the act provides that it shall be the duty of the owners of steamboats navigating the. waters of the State, before such boat shall leave the port of…
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