SPRAIGUE v. THOMPSON


118 U.S. 90 (1886)

SPRAIGUE & Others v. THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry B. Tompkins for plaintiffs in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action at law, begun by the defendant in error, in a magistrate's court in Chatham County, Georgia, against the plaintiffs in error, to recover $93.16, claimed to be due under the pilotage laws of Georgia, for inward pilotage on account of the steamer Saxon, of which the defendants were owners, the vessel having been spoken by the pilot while she was bearing toward the port of Savannah, and his services...

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