Comegys v. Vasse
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case came.before the Court? by writ of error to the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania. • The defendant in error instituted 'his suit against the plaintiffs here, who were the surviving assignees, under a commission of 'bankruptcy, issued against him under the Act of Congress of the United States, for establishing a uniform system • of bankruptcy throughout the United States, passed April 5,1800. ’ In the Circuit Cóurt, a judgment was entered in favour of the defendant in…
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THIS case came.before the Court? by writ of error to the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania. • The defendant in error instituted 'his suit against the plaintiffs here, who were the surviving assignees, under a commission of 'bankruptcy, issued against him under the Act of Congress of the United States, for establishing a uniform system • of bankruptcy throughout the United States, passed April 5,1800. ’ In the Circuit Cóurt, a judgment was entered in favour of the defendant in error, the parties having agreed upon a ca.se, which, if required by either, might be turned into a special verdict,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
dé.'vered the opinion of the Court.—
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Ambrose Vasse, in the Circuit Cpurt, for the district of Pennsylvania, to recover from the plaintiffs in error, (who were defendants in the Court below,) a certain sum of money, received by them under the following circumstances-
Previous to the year 1802, Vasse was an underwriter on va-; rious vessels and cargoes, the property of citizens of the United Stares- which.were captured, and carried into the ports of Spain and her dependencies, and abandonments were nlade thereof to Vasse, by the owners, and he paid the…
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