STROUT ET AL. v. FOSTER ET AL.


42 U.S. 89 (____)

1 How. 89

JONATHAN STROUT AND OTHERS, LIBELLANTS, &c., APPELLANTS, v. JAMES FOSTER AND OTHERS, CLAIMANTS, AND OWNERS OF THE SHIP LOUISVILLE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickins and Hellen, for the appellants.

Coxe, for the appellees.


The opinion of the Circuit Court, as delivered by Mr. Justice McKINLEY, was as follows:

This case comes before this court upon an appeal from the decree of the District Court for the eastern district of Louisiana.

The appellees, owners of ship Harriet, filed their libel, in the court below, for collision, and upon the trial the court rendered a decree in favour of the libellants, for $2701 7 cents. By the evidence it appears that the Harriet had passed over...

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