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BOGART ET AL. v. THE STEAMBOAT JOHN JAY

58 U.S. 399 (1854)

17 How. 399

SEBRA M. BOGART, WILLIAM J. WILCOX, AND LEONARD F. FITCH, LIBELLANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. THE STEAMBOAT JOHN JAY, HER TACKLE, &c. GEORGE LOGAN, CLAIMANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted on the record by Mr. Johnson, for the appellants; and submitted by Mr. Cutting, for the appellee, upon a printed brief filed by himself and Mr. Byrne.

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

We will confine ourselves, in this opinion, to the inquiry, whether or not a court of admiralty has jurisdiction to decree the sale of a ship for an unpaid mortgage, or can, on that account, declare a ship to be the property of the mortgagees, and direct the possession of her to be given to them. The questions of pleading made in the case, and the other points argued, we shall not notice. The conclusion at which...

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