INSURANCE COMPANY v. SEA


88 U.S. 158 (____)

21 Wall. 158

INSURANCE COMPANY v. SEA.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.H. Swift, for the plaintiff in error; Messrs. H.G. Spafford, S.V. Niles, and E. Totten, contra.


The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

Much protracted litigation attended the settlement of mere questions of practice under the act passed in 1824,* authorizing the trial of issues of fact by the courts of the United States, with the consent of parties, in Louisiana. To avoid a like experience under the act of 1865, it was deemed important by this court "to settle the practice under it at an early day with a precision...

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