Dean v. Healy

Crawford, Justice.

On the 2d day of November, 1880, Thomas F. Healy was licensed as a pilot for the port of Darien, and received a certificate as such from the commissioners of pilotage for the said port. James Dean and eleven other pilots sued out a writ of quo warranto requiring the said Healy to show cause why his said license or certificate as pilot should not be declared null and void, and why judgment of ouster should not be rendered against him as such pilot.

In response to this writ the defendant showed for cause that the allegations therein set forth did not make such a case as…