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PECK ET AL. v. SANDERSON

58 U.S. 178 (1854)

17 How. 178

JAMES B. PECK, WILLIAM HEILMAN, AND EDWIN H. FRESMUTH, OWNERS OF THE STEAM-SHIP COLUMBUS, APPELLANTS, v. JOHN SANDERSON, LIBELLANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Culting, for the appellants, and submitted, on a printed brief, by Mr. J. Murray Rush, for the appellee.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case arises out of a collision between the schooner Mission, of Edenton, in North Carolina, and the steam-ship Columbus, of Philadelphia. The schooner sunk immediately, and all on board perished, with the exception of Wilson G. Burgess, a seaman, who succeeded in getting on board of The Columbus. The libel is filed by the owner of the schooner, and charges that...

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