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60 U.S. 393

19 How. 393

Sturgis v. Honold

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 1, 1856

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1856-12

This, like the preceding case, of which it constituted a branch, was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. It was similar in all respects to the preceding case, except that Honold purchased five-sixteenths of the ship from Sturgis, and four-sixteenths from Bulkley. The two cases'proceeded through the courts pari passu, and were argued together in this court.

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Opinion by Benjamin Robbins Curtis · Decided 1856-12

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¶1The decision in the preceding case again affirmed.

¶2This, like the preceding case, of which it constituted a branch, was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana.

¶3It was similar in all respects to the preceding case, except that Honold purchased five-sixteenths of the ship from Sturgis, and four-sixteenths from Bulkley. The two cases'proceeded through the courts pari passu, and were argued together in this court.

¶4Mr. Justice CURTIS

¶5delivered the opinion of the court.

¶6This case depends on the same facts and principles as the preceding case, and the judgment of the Circuit Court therein is affirmed.

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