THE HANDY

No. 58.

143 U.S. 513 (1892)

THE SYLVIA HANDY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 29, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Calderon Carlisle for appellant. Mr. William G. Johnson and Mr. Howell A. Powell filed briefs for same.

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

We have already held in Ex parte Cooper, ante, 472, that the act of February 16, 1875, (c. 77, sec. 1, 18 Stat. 315,) applies to appeals taken from decrees of the District Court of the United States for the District of Alaska sitting in admiralty, and we are therefore limited upon this appeal to a determination of the questions of law arising upon the record, and to such rulings of the court, excepted...

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