English v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court and ordered to be reported to Congress: I. The ship Tom sailed from Boston on the 15th December, 1799, bound for London. On the 13th January, 1800, while on the high seas, she was captured The reason assigned for the seizure by the captain of the privateer was that he should detain her on suspicion. The prize crew was put on board.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court and ordered to be reported to Congress: I. The ship Tom sailed from Boston on the 15th December, 1799, bound for London. On the 13th January, 1800, while on the high seas, she was captured The reason assigned for the seizure by the captain of the privateer was that he should detain her on suspicion. The prize crew was put on board. On the 25th January, 1800, while the vessel was near the coast of lie de Dieu, she was chased by ati English frigate, which fired several shots at the ship. The prize master…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
The first question in all French spoliation cases is whether the American' owner had a valid diplomatic claim against France at the time of the ratification of the treaty of 1800; the second is whether this claim was one of those which were released for a valuable consideration by the United States to France. Not all spoliation claims were so relinquished to France. Some were provided for, or intended-to be provided for, by that or other treaties; some were exceptional claims, abandoned, intentionally or unintentionally, in the diplomatic vicissitudes of the time. (The Leghorn Seizures, 27 C.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gray v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886
- Winston v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1889
- Field v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1892
- Adams v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1888
- Stumps v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1892
3Cited by2 opinions
- Adams v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1901
- Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1914