# Fitch v. Livingston

> The Superior Court of New York City · April 12, 1851 · 6 Sandf. 492

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8357776

## Case

- **Full name:** Fitch and others v. Livingston and Flanagan
- **Court:** The Superior Court of New York City
- **Decided:** April 12, 1851
- **Citations:** 6 Sandf. 492
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Paine
- **Judges:** Paine, Sandford
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Paine, J.,
dissented from so much of the opinion of the court as related to the validity of the statute of the state of New York, requiring steamboats navigating at night to show two lights, in its application to vessels enrolled and licensed under the act of Congress.

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