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Doullut & Williams Co., Inc. v. United States, 268 U.S. 33 (1925)
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Doullut & Williams Co., Inc. v. United States, 268 U.S. 33 (1925)
Doullut & Williams Company, Inc. v. United States Nos. 317 and 318 Argued March 20, 1925 Decided April 13, 1925 268 U.S. 33
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Syllabus
Admiralty has jurisdiction of a suit to recover damages for injuries inflicted by merchant vessels on clusters of piles, constituting no part or extension of the shore, driven into the bottom of a river, in that way only attached to the land, completely surrounded by navigable water, and used exclusively as aids to navigation. P. 34.
Reversed.
Appeals from decrees of the district court dismissing for want of jurisdiction two libels brought against the United States, under the Act of March 9, 190, to recover damages for injuries to piling occasioned by its vessels.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Doullut & Williams Co., Inc. v. United States, 268 U.S. 33 (1925) in 268 U.S. 33 Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XSZ9XWJKNQ33PZ7.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Doullut & Williams Co., Inc. v. United States, 268 U.S. 33 (1925), in 268 U.S. 33, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XSZ9XWJKNQ33PZ7.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Doullut & Williams Co., Inc. v. United States, 268 U.S. 33 (1925). cited in 1925, 268 U.S. 33. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XSZ9XWJKNQ33PZ7.
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