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ROGERS ET AL. v. STEAMER ST. CHARLES ET AL.

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60 U.S. 108 (1857)

19 How. 108

15 L.Ed. 563

ROGERS ET AL.v.STEAMER ST.CHARLES ET AL. E.G. ROGERS AND L.F. ROGERS, MERCHANTS AND COPARTNERS, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF E.G. ROGERS & CO., PART OWNERS OF THE CARGO OF THE SCHOONER ELLA; POOLEY, NICOLL, & CO., OWNERS OF THE SAID SCHOONER ELLA; J.R. BROOKS AND F.G. RANDOLPH, MERCHANTS AND COPARTNERS, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF BROOKS & RANDOLPH, AND THOMAS SULLIVAN, TRADING UNDER THE NAME OF JOHN HURLEY & CO., PART OWNERS OF THE CARGO OF THE SCHOONER ELLA, APPELLANTS, v. THE STEAMER ST. CHARLES, JAMES L. DAY, ADAM WOLF, JOHN GEDDES, JOHN GRANT, ROGER A. HEIRNE, AND ROBERT GEDDES, CLAIMANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 7, 1857.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Benjamin for the appellants, and Mr. Nelson for the appellees.

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 eastern district of the State of Louisiana, sitting in admiralty.

The libel was filed in the District Court to recover the value of a quantity of merchandise on board the schooner Ella, which was sunk in a collision with the steamer on Lake Borgne, some six or eight miles east of...

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