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· 12/23/1861

4,885 Bags of Linseed

Citations

  • 66 U.S. 108
  • 17 L. Ed. 35
  • 1 Black 108
  • 1861 U.S. LEXIS 460

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  • after filing of the complaint, “warrant and monition were issued, and the goods seized by the marshal in pursuance thereof’
  • “if [the shipowner] delivers [the goods], the incumbrances of the Ken does not foKow them in the hands of the owner or consignee”
  • “[I]t is frequently, perhaps more usuaKy, understood between the parties, that transferring the goods from the ship to the warehouse shaK not be regarded as a waiver of the Ken, and that the shipowner reserves the right to proceed in rem to enforce it, if the freight is not paid.”

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Judges: Taney

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