Hubbard v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case. The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The brig Philanthropist, whereof Forrest Richardson was then master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Alexandria, Va., May 2, 1799, bound for Laguira.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case. The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The brig Philanthropist, whereof Forrest Richardson was then master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Alexandria, Va., May 2, 1799, bound for Laguira. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high seas May 30, 1799, by the French privateer Ilipolite, Denil-lard, commander, who took from the said brig the master and all of his crew except the mate and one man, and put a prize crew on board with orders to carry her to Vigo, Spain. At the time of said…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, J.
The brig Philanthropist, Bichardson, master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Alexandria, Va., May 2, 1799, bound for Laguira. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high seas' by the French privateer Hipolite, Denillard, commander, May 30, 1799. A prize master and crew were placed on board her, and the prize started for Vigo, Spain. On July 3, 1799, the English frigate Cerberus, Capt. James McNamara, recaptured the Philanthropist and carried her into Plymouth, England, where the High Court of Admiralty of England condemned the vessel and cargo to pay one-eighth of the…
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- Dennen v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1905
- the Schooner Betsey.United States Court of Claims · 1909