THE SYBIL


17 U.S. 59 (1819)

4 Wheat. 59

The SYBIL: DANGERFIELD et al., Claimants.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 15, 1819.


MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion *of [*99 the court.

This is a case, in which, under its peculiar circumstances, the amount of salvage is discretionary. In such cases, it is almost impossible, that different minds, contemplating the same subject, should not form different conclusions as to the amount of salvage to be decreed, and the mode of distribution. Appeals should not be encouraged, upon the ground of minute distinctions; nor would this court choose to...

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