Supreme Court of the United States, 1882

Ex parte Hagar

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided July 1, 1882 · Waite

12 F. 224

Counsel

H. G. Ward and R. C: McMurtrie, for petition., George Gray, Edward G. Bradford, Henry Flanders, and Thomas F. Bayard, contra.

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court denying the writ.

Claims for pilotage fees are within the jurisdiction of the admiralty, and such being the case under the decision just rendered Ex parte Gordon, the district court can properly hear and decide the matters in dispute, and prohibition will be denied.

Cases cited: Ex parte McNeil, 13 Wall. 236; Hobart v. Drogan, 10 Pet. 108.

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