SMITH v. STATE OF MARYLAND


59 U.S. 71 (1855)

18 How. 71

ISAAC R. SMITH, OWNER OF THE SLOOP VOLANT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Latrobe, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Campbell, for the State of Maryland.


Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the circuit court for Anne Arundel county, in the State of Maryland, under the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789. It appears by the record that the plaintiff in error, being a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, was the owner of a sloop called The Volant, which was regularly enrolled at the port of Philadelphia, and licensed to be employed...

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