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SMITH v. TURNER

48 U.S. 283 (1849)

7 How. 283

GEORGE SMITH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM TURNER, HEALTH-COMMISSIONER OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK. JAMES NORRIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case of Smith v. Turner was argued at December term, 1845, by Mr. Webster and Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Willis Hall and Mr. John Van Buren, for the defendant in error.

Mr. J. Prescott Hall, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Justice McLEAN.

SMITH v. TURNER.

Under the general denomination of health laws in New York, and by the seventh section of an act relating to the marine hospital, it is provided, that "the health-commissioner shall demand and be entitled to receive, and in case of neglect or refusal to pay shall sue for and recover, in his name of office, the following sums from the master of every vessel that shall arrive in...

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