Tyson v. Prior
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] - This was a case of salvage [by Benjamin Tyson and others, claimants of eight hundred barrels of flour, against Matthew Prior] claimed by the libel, as due from property derelict.
1Opinion of the Court
STORY. Circuit Justice.
The schooner Polly, with a cargo of flour, &e. on board, sailed on the 5th of August, 1809. from Baltimore, bound to Lisbon. About the 30th of the same month, the schooner was dismasted in a gale of wind, and continued for about nine days sailing under jurymasts, and in a very distressed situation. Afterwards, on the 4th of September, the schooner was fallen in with, about the latitude 43° 50' N. and longitude 46° W. by the brig Triton from Liverpool bound to Boston; and by another brig, which after-wards by consent parted from them. The whole crew of the Polly went on…
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