Shapely v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Maria, Edward Watts, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about the 20th day of September, 1798, bound from Tobago to Portsmouth, N. H. While peacefully pursuing said voyage the Maria was seized on the high seas on or about the 25th day of September, 1798, by the French privateer La Kevanche,' Capt.' Denis Francois Liebbe, and carried into Port de la…
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Maria, Edward Watts, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about the 20th day of September, 1798, bound from Tobago to Portsmouth, N. H. While peacefully pursuing said voyage the Maria was seized on the high seas on or about the 25th day of September, 1798, by the French privateer La Kevanche,' Capt.' Denis Francois Liebbe, and carried into Port de la Liberté, and on the 30th day of September, 1798, condemned by the tribunal of prizes sitting at Basse Terre, Guadeloupe,…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
The brig Maria, Watts, master, sailed on a commercial voyage about September 20, 1798, bound from Tobago to Portsmouth, N. H. While peacefully pursuing her voyage, the brig was taken on the high seas by the French privateer La Revanche and carried into Port de la Liberté and condemned, with everything on board, by the'tribunal of prizes sitting at Basse Terre, Guadeloupe.
The findings establish the capture and confiscation of the vessel and whatever cargo there was and the illegal nature of the seizure and decree of the prize court. The resulting conclusions of law entitle the owners to the…
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