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CUSHING v. LAIRD

107 U.S. 69 (____)

CUSHING v. LAIRD. FOSTER v. CUSHING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Langdon Ward and Mr. Robert D. Benedict for Cushing.

Mr. J. Hubley Ashton, Mr. Cornelius Van Santvoord, Mr. A.J. Vanderpool, and Mr. James Thomson, contra.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a libel in admiralty, filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York by John N. Cushing and others against John Laird, Jr., to recover damages for the destruction of the libellants' vessel, the "Sonora," by the "Alabama." The defendant was not found and never appeared in the cause, and his credits and effects were attached in the hands of Foster & Thomson, garnishees.

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