Sanderson v. City of Toledo

RICKS, District Judge.

This case is now before the court upon a motion of the libelant demanding the right to submit the issues *221made by the pleadings to a jury for trial and verdict. They make this demand under section 566 of the Revised Statutes, which reads as follows:

“In causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction relating to any matter of contract or tort arising upon or concerning any vessel of twenty tons burden or upward, enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and at the time employed in the business of commerce and navigation between places in different states and territories…