CULBERTSON v. SHAW ET AL. CLAIMANTS, &C.


59 U.S. 584 (1855)

18 How. 584

WILLIAM B. CULBERTSON, APPELLANT, v. THE STEAMER SOUTHERN BELLE; HENRY B. SHAW, WILLIAM M. SHAW, ELAM BOWMAN, SIDNEY A. LACOSTE, AND JOHN DE SEBASTIAN, CLAIMANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Vinton, for the appellant, and by Mr. Crittenden, for the appellees, upon which side there was also an argument filed by Mr. Pike.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

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

The libel states that the libellant was the owner of a flat-boat, called The Rainbow, with a cargo of the value of three thousand dollars and upwards; that the said boat, with its cargo, being a stanch vessel of its kind, with an efficient crew, on a voyage down the Mississippi River, was moored...

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