SAMPSON ET AL. v. WELSH ET AL.


65 U.S. 207 (____)

24 How. 207

GEORGE R. SAMPSON AND LEWIS W. TAPPAN, MERCHANTS DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAMES AND FIRM OF SAMPSON & TAPPAN, CLAIMANTS OF THE SHIP SARAH, HER TACKLE, APPAREL, AND FURNITURE, APPELLANTS, v. SAMUEL WELSH, JOHN WELSH, AND WILLIAM WELSH, TRADING AS S. & W. WELSH.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was a case of libel under the circumstances which are stated in the opinion of the court, and was submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Wharton and Mr. Kane for the appellants, and Mr. Fallon and Mr. Serrill for the appellees.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is brought up by an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

A libel was filed in the District Court for that district by S. & W. Welsh, the appellees, against the ship Sarah, (of which Sampson & Tappan, the appellants, are the owners,) to recover compensation for damages sustained by a cargo of coffee shipped on board the Sarah...

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