U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Michigan December 15, 1859 (The Sailor's Bride)

McLEAN, Circuit Justice.

The schooner Sailor’s Bride was a Canadian vessel, and was aground in the St. Clair rapids, near the Canadian shore. The tug, as appears, had been regularly enrolled and licensed at Detroit, the home port of the vessel, and was used in navigating the waters of Michigan and the adjoining states. But it seems, also, to have been used in towing boats over the St.