CORRY
v.
CAMPBELL

U.S. | 1878-02-18
No. No 187
154 U.S. 629 Supreme Court of the United States (1878) Positive Treatment
Cited by 6 cases
Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiep Justice Waite

Mr. Chiep Justice Waite delivered the opinion of the court.

The only Federal question presented by this record was decided at the present term in Davidson v. New Orleans, 96 U. S. 97, and the judgment is affirmed upon that authority. We have no power to correct the errors of state courts in respect to the details of assessments made by municipal corporations upon private property to defray the expenses of street improvements.' Upon all such questions the action of the state court is final. There can be no doubt but that our jurisdiction is at an end if we find that sufficient provision has been made by law for contesting such a charge, when imposed, by an appropriate adversary proceeding in the ordinary courts of justice. Affirmed.

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  • The Del., 161 U.S. 459 (U.S. 1896)
    …the master of the preferred steamer ought not to be embarrassed by doubts as to his duty, and, unless the two vessels be in ex-tremis, he is bound to hold to his course and speed. [*469] The cases of The Britannia, 153 U. S. 130, and The Northfield, 154 U. S. 629, must be regarded, however, as settling the law that the preferred steamer will not be held in fault for maintaining her course and speed, so long as it is possible for the other to avoid her by porting, at least in the absence of some distinct indi…
  • Wilson v. Pac. Mail S.S. Co., 276 U.S. 454 (U.S. 1928)
    …not do one of these things until too late for the Svea’s master to maneuver his vessel into safety. The applicable doctrine is plainly announced in The Delaware, 161 U. S. 459, 469— “ The cases of The Britannia, 153 U. S. 130, and The Northfield, 154 U. S. 629, must be regarded, however, as settling the law that the preferred steamer will not be held in fault for maintaining her course and speed, so long as it is possible for the other to avoid her by porting, at least in the absence of some distinct indi…
  • Yamashita Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha v. McCormick Intercoastal S. S. Co., 20 F.2d 25 (9th Cir. 1927)
    …and, indeed, it is her duty, to maintain her course and speed, and she is not to act upon a mere suspicion or surmise that the .approaching vessel will fail to do her duty. The Britannia, 153 U. S. 130, 14 S. Ct. 795, 38 L. Ed. 660; The Northfield, 154 U. S. 629, 14 S. Ct. 1184, 24 L. Ed. 680; The Delaware, 161 U. S. 459, 16 S. Ct. 516, 40 L. Ed. 771. But, as was said in The New York, supra, “the fact that a steamer is entitled to hold her course does not excuse her from inattention to signals, from answeri…

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