Bogart v. the Steamboat John Jay
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. It was a libel filed by' the appellants of the steamboat John Jay, to enforce payment of a mortgage upon the boat, under the circumstances stated in the opinion of the court. The' district court dismissed the libel, which decree was affirmed by the circuit court, and the libellants appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
We will confine ourselves, in this opinion, to the inquiry, whether or not a court of admiralty has jurisdiction to decree the sale of a ship for an unpaid mortgage, or can, on that account, declare a ship to be the property of the mortgagees, and direct the possession of her to be given to them. The questions of pleading made in the case, and the other points argued, we shall not notice. The conclusion at which we have arrived makes that unnecessary.
The libellants were thé owners of the steamer John Jay. They sold her to Joseph McMurray for the sum of $6,000; $1,000 in cash, and the residue…
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