Allen v. Hammond
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States, for the district, of Rhode -Island. In the circuit court of Rhode Island¿ the appellee, John Hammond, filed a bill praying that a certain instrument in writing, executed by him and the appellant, in January, 1832, by which he had stipulated to allow to the appellant a compensation for establishing a claim on the Portuguese government, for the illegal capture of a vessel belonging to him, should be cancelled; the…
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APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States, for the district, of Rhode -Island. In the circuit court of Rhode Island¿ the appellee, John Hammond, filed a bill praying that a certain instrument in writing, executed by him and the appellant, in January, 1832, by which he had stipulated to allow to the appellant a compensation for establishing a claim on the Portuguese government, for the illegal capture of a vessel belonging to him, should be cancelled; the consideration for the said stipulation having failed. The bill also prayed for other relief; and that the instrument should be…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.' Justice M‘Lean
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit in chancery is brought before this Court, by an appeal from the decree of the circuit court for the district of Rhode Island.
The bill was filed in the circuit court by the appellee, to compel the appellant to deliver up to be cancelled, a certain contract, on the ground of its having been given through mistake.
In the year 1830, the appellee being the sole owner and master of the brig Ann, of Boston, while on a voyage from New Orleans to Madeira, and thence to the coast of Africa, was illegally captured, off the Western Islands,…
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