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NELSON ET AL. v. LELAND ET AL.

63 U.S. 48 (1859)

22 How. 48

STEPHEN O. NELSON, ELLISON BANKSMITH, HENRY C. WALKER, AND THOMAS A. NELSON, PARTNERS UNDER THE FIRM OF S.O. NELSON & CO., APPELLANTS, v. LUCIUS C. LELAND, JOHN H. COOKE, DUNCAN C. WILLIAMS, AND McRAE, COFFMAN, & CO., CLAIMANTS OF THE STEAMER BRIGADIER GENERAL R.H. STOKES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued upon the facts as they appeared in evidence by Mr. Pike for the appellants, and Mr. Gillet for the appellees.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal in admiralty from the Circuit Court of the United States of the eastern district of Louisiana.

The libellants allege that they were the consignees of a certain flat-boat called "Clear the Track," and of three hundred and sixty-six bales of cotton, which were shipped to them by various persons by said flat-boat; that said boat left Sardinia, on...

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