Supreme Court of the United States March 18, 1862 (The Water Witch— Clifton, Sheldon, Libellant)

Mi\ Justice GRIER.

The decree in favor of the libellant

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in the Circuit.Court was for a much larger sum than that ren.-. deied in the District Court,.and as there was no cros3 appeal by the libellant, the decree of the Circuit Court is now challenged as erroneous for that reason; but this apparent inconsistency will be found not to exist in reality, by a short reference to the history pf the