CLIFTON v. SHELDON


64 U.S. 481 (____)

23 How. 481

JOHN CLIFTON, CLAIMANT OF THE BRIG WATER WITCH, HER TACKLE, &c., APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM H. SHELDON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The motion to dismiss the appeal was argued by Mr. Donohue in support of it, and by Mr. Owen against it.


Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York, in admiralty. A motion has been made, on the part of the appellee, to dismiss the appeal, for the want of jurisdiction.

A libel was filed by Clifton, in the District Court, to recover freight on the two hundred and sixty-nine bales of cotton and nine...

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