BRYAN v. KER

No. 3.

222 U.S. 107 (1911)

BRYAN, COLLECTOR OF THE PORT OF CHARLESTON v. KER, EXECUTRIX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 20, 1911.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Denison, with whom Mr. Loring C. Christie was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. J.P. Kennedy Bryan for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action at law in the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina, by a citizen of Pennsylvania against a citizen of South Carolina, as collector of the port of Charleston, to recover damages for the alleged unlawful detention, from November 16 to December 5, 1895, of the American steamship Laurada, of which the plaintiff was the owner.

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