Walters v. The Steamboat Mollie Dozier
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. State boat law; jurisdiction oe eederal courts in admiralty; how par exclusive, etc.— This action was brought in the District Court of the county of Woodbury, in this State, against “ The Steamboat Mollie Dozier.” It was commenced under the statute of Iowa (Rev. ch. 148) entitled “Actions against boats and rafts.” The boat by name is the sole defendant.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. State boat law; jurisdiction oe eederal courts in admiralty; how par exclusive, etc.— This action was brought in the District Court of the county of Woodbury, in this State, against “ The Steamboat Mollie Dozier.” It was commenced under the statute of Iowa (Rev. ch. 148) entitled “Actions against boats and rafts.” The boat by name is the sole defendant. The petition alleges, “that, on the 6th day of September, 1866, plaintiff had, on the Missouri river, a flat-boat of the value of $300, loaded with 50,000 feet of lumber of the value of $1,500; that, while…
1Opinion of the Court
Dillon, Ch. J.
1. ADinnALT-sr: iedlrauóurts1 exclusive. The leading question on this appeal is, whether the State courts have jurisdiction of the cause actiorL set forth in the petition ? Defend-an^ ™sists that the action, being in rem, brought against the steamboat by name, and seeking to condemn and sell the boat to satisfy the damages which she caused to the plaintiff, is within the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts, and that such jurisdiction is exclusive. This position, under the recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, below referred to, is well taken.
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