HOBART ET AL. v. DROGAN ET AL.


35 U.S. 81 (____)

10 Pet. 81

*SAMUEL B. HOBART AND OTHERS, CLAIMANTS OF THE BRIG HOPE AND CARGO, APPELLANTS, v. ANDREW DROGAN AND OTHERS, LIBELLANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Ogden, for the appellants, and by Mr. Southard, for the appellees.


Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the district court for the southern district of Alabama, in the case of a libel for salvage, instituted in the court below by the appellees. That decree awarded to the appellees one-third of the appraised value of the brig and cargo as salvage, the appraised value being $15,299 58.

The material facts of the case are as follows....

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