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Bond v. The Cora

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1807PublishedCited by 9 opinions

[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania. [In admiralty. Libel by Phineas Bond, Esq., his Britannic majesty’s consul general for the middle and southern states, against the British brig Cora, praying a restoration of.said brig to her owners; also libels against the said brig for salvage by Nathaniel L. Griswold and George Griswold, owners of the brig Ceres, Bartlet Shepherd, master, and others, seamen of the Ceres, and by Don Juan…

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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania. [In admiralty. Libel by Phineas Bond, Esq., his Britannic majesty’s consul general for the middle and southern states, against the British brig Cora, praying a restoration of.said brig to her owners; also libels against the said brig for salvage by Nathaniel L. Griswold and George Griswold, owners of the brig Ceres, Bartlet Shepherd, master, and others, seamen of the Ceres, and by Don Juan de Echevirria (Echeverría), passenger on the Ceres, and by Daniel Ludlow and others, shippers of cargo on board the…

1Opinion of the Court

The statement of the case will be found in the opinion delivered by

WASHINGTON, Circuit Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court of Pennsylvania, in a case of salvage. The case appears to be, that the brig Ceres, on her return voyage from Havana to New-York, laden with a cargo, partly on freight and partly belonging to the owners, Nathaniel Griswold and George Gris-wold, commanded by captain [Bartlet]4 Shepherd, and with a crew consisting of the mate, four seamen, and the cook, and having on board one passenger; on the 26th of August fell in with the brig Cora, an English vessel, in…

2Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Duff v. MerrittCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
  4. Sinclair v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  5. Cape Fear Towing & Transportation Co. v. PearsallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1898

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