The D. R. Martin

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The D. R. Martin
by Morrison Waite
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Court Documents

United States Supreme Court

91 U.S. 365

The D. R. Martin

APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.

This suit was brought by Barney, the libellant, to recover damages for his wrongful eviction from the steamboat 'D. R. Martin.' He demanded in his libel $25,000 damages, but in the District Court recovered only $500. From this decree the claimant appealed. Barney did not appeal. The Circuit Court reversed the decree of the District Court, and dismissed the libel. From this decree of the Circuit Court Barney appealed to this court.

Mr. Thomas Young for the appellee moved to dismiss the appeal because the matter in dispute did not exceed $2,000.

Mr. John M. Guiteau, contra.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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