PENNYWIT v. EATON


82 U.S. 382 (1872)

15 Wall. 382

PENNYWIT v. EATON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland, for the plaintiffs in error:

Mr. W.M. Rose, contra.


The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

Two questions are presented, both of which have been adjudicated. The first relates to the proceeding of the court of Louisiana, by which the original judgment was rendered. It is claimed that this was a proceeding in admiralty. It was, in fact, a proceeding against the persons of the defendants, instituted by attachment. Such a...

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