STEAMSHIP CO. v. EMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS


113 U.S. 33 (1885)

LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ashbel Green for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George N. Sanders (Mr. Lewis Sanders was with him), for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was plaintiff below, and, being a corporation under the laws of Great Britain and an alien, brought this action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, the defendant being a corporation of that State.

The action was in form indebitatus assumpsit, and the substance of the declaration was as...

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