Case Name: FOSTER v. ELLIS et al.
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1871-03
Citations: 9 F. Cas. 534
Docket Number: Case No. 4,968
Parties: FOSTER v. ELLIS et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 9
Pages: 534–534

Head Matter:
Case No. 4,968.
FOSTER v. ELLIS et al.
[5 Ben. 83.]
District Court, E. D. New York.
March, 1871.
[Reported by Robert-D. Benedict, Esq., and here reprinted by permission.]

Opinion:
BENEDICT, District Judge.
The decisions of the supreme court, in the cases of People's Ferry Co. v. Beers, 20 How. [61 U. S.] 400, and Roach v. Chapman. 22 How. [63 U. S.] 129, which hold that a contract for building a ship, or supplying materials for her construction, is not a maritime contract, furnish the law of this case. These decisions are binding authorities, which must be accorded their full and legitimate effect by the courts below, and they make it my duty to dismiss the present libel, with costs.