Wilson v. McNamee
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. McNamee tendered his services as a-licensed Sandy Hook pilot to conduct the' schooner “ E. E. Racket” by way of Sandy Hook to the port of New York. . He was the first that offered' his services. The tender was,made at sea; about fifty miles from that' port. The vessel was from a foreign port,- sailing under register, and drew nine feet' .of water.
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Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. McNamee tendered his services as a-licensed Sandy Hook pilot to conduct the' schooner “ E. E. Racket” by way of Sandy Hook to the port of New York. . He was the first that offered' his services. The tender was,made at sea; about fifty miles from that' port. The vessel was from a foreign port,- sailing under register, and drew nine feet' .of water. The master refused to accept the services, and came into port without a pilot. McNamee demanded the compensation allowed by the local State law, and, payment having been refused, brought this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swathe
The- only point argued • here was the validity of the pilot law of New York with reference to the Constitution of the United States.
At the close of the opening argument of the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error, we announced that the' affirmative of the question thus presented was so well settled by the repeated adjudications of this court, that we had no desire to. hear the counsel for the defendant in error upon the subject.. Thereafter, the counsel who had been -heard submitted a memorandum, in which' he called -our attention particularly “to the tenth-point of the brief of the…
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