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SINNOT ET AL. v. DAVENPORT ET AL.

63 U.S. 227 (1859)

22 How. 227

JOHN C. SINNOT, SAMUEL WOLF, AND JAMES SANDS. PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. GORHAM DAVENPORT AND OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTAGE OF THE BAY AND HARBOR OF MOBILE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Phillips for the plaintiffs in error, and submitted or a printed brief by Mr. C.C. Clay, jun., for the appellees.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama.

The suit was brought by the plaintiffs below, commissioners of pilotage of the harbor of Mobile, against the steamboat Bagaby, of which Sinnot, the defendant, was master, to recover certain penalties for a violation of the law of the State of Alabama, passed February 15, 1854, entitled "An act...

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