Maley v. Shattuck
Supreme Court of the United States
On the 20th of August 1804, Jared Shattuck exhibited his libel in the district court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania, in the following form.
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On the 20th of August 1804, Jared Shattuck exhibited his libel in the district court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania, in the following form. (a) *To the Honorable Richard Peters, Esq., judge of the district r*, court of the United States, in and for the district of Pennsylvania. *- The libel of Jared Shattuck, merchant, most respectfully showeth ; That your libellant, being a subject of his majesty the King of Denmark, some time in or about the beginning of the month of May, in the year of our Lord, 1800, at St. Thomas, one of his said majesty’s West India islands,…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. —In this case, each party has appealed from the sentence of the circuit court. Maley complains of that sentence, because it subjects him to damages and costs for the value of the Mercator and her cargo, first captured by him, and afterwards taken out of his possession by a British privateer, and because, also, some items are admitted into the account, taken for the purpose of ascertaining the sum for which he is liable, which ought to be excluded from it. Shattuck complains of the sentence, because he was not allowed by the circuit court,…
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