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GOSLEE ET AL. v. SHUTE'S EXECUTOR ET AL.

59 U.S. 463 (1855)

18 How. 463

JAMES W. GOSLEE, DUNCAN B. FRIERSON, HANNIBAL S. BLOOD, AND JOHN GOODRICH, OWNERS OF THE STEAMBOAT AUTOCRAT, LIBELLANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. THEODORE SHUTE, EXECUTOR OF MARIA SHUTE, DECEASED, AND MARY A. SHUTE, OWNERS AND CLAIMAMTS OF THE STEAMER MAGNOLIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Sargent and Mr. Crittenden, for the appellants, on whose side was also filed an argument by Mr. Pike. For the appellees, it was argued by Mr. Benjamin.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal in admiralty, from the circuit court for the eastern district of Louisiana.

The libellant charges, that on a trip from New Orleans to Memphis in the steamer Autocrat, with a full cargo and a great number of passengers, The Magnolia ran into her, forward of the wheel on her larboard side, which caused her to sink in less than ten minutes; by which the boat and cargo were lost, and the...

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