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OWNERS OF BRIG JAMES GRAY v. OWNERS OF SHIP JOHN FRASER

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62 U.S. 184 (1859)

21 How. 184

16 L.Ed. 106

WILLIAM CUSHING, JOHN N. CUSHING, AND CALEB CUSHING, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, OWNERS OF THE BRIG JAMES GRAY, LIBELLANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP JOHN FRASER AND THE STEAMER GENERAL CLINCH.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 3, 1859.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued on behalf of the appellants by Mr. Cushing and Mr. Gillet, on behalf of the owners of the John Fraser by Mr. Brown, and on behalf of the steamer General Clinch by Mr. Mitchell.

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

This is a case of collision in the port of Charleston, in South Carolina.

The brig James Gray took on board a valuable cargo at Charleston, destined for Antwerp, and in the prosecution of her voyage hauled off from the wharf into the stream and anchored, on the 1st of February, 1856. The place where she anchored was in the harbor, and was the place where vessels...

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