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MONTGOMERY ET AL. v. ANDERSON ET AL.

62 U.S. 386 (1858)

21 How. 386

JOSEPH E. MONTGOMERY ET AL., CLAIMANTS OF THE STEAMER REPUBLIC, &C., APPELLANTS, v. JOHN J. ANDERSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Polk for the appellants, and Mr. Rankin for the appellees.

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

The appellees in this case filed a petition in the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Missouri, stating that they had, by the laws of Missouri, a lien on the steamboat Republic for $2,000, which they had loaned to the clerk of the boat to purchase supplies and necessaries, in order to enable her to proceed on a voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans; that the vessel, at the time...

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