Carter v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The R&porterd statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: The only evidence of the condemnation of the vessel is an indorsement on the back of the register in the words and figures following, to wit: “Taken by the French and condemned in Cape Francois.” The reasons assigned for the condemnation of the vessel are not proved.
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The R&porterd statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: The only evidence of the condemnation of the vessel is an indorsement on the back of the register in the words and figures following, to wit: “Taken by the French and condemned in Cape Francois.” The reasons assigned for the condemnation of the vessel are not proved. For the reasons stated in the following opinion the evidence does not establish to the satisfaction of the court the alleged condemnation nor the grounds for the condemnation if the same was in point of fact condemned. The…
1Opinion of the CourtHowey, J.
The averments of the petition are that the brig Juno (Atkins, jr., master) was a duly registered vessel of the United States, and that she sailed upon a lawful voyage from the port of Charleston, S. C., upon the 2d of November, 1797, bound to Santiago de Cuba, loaded with a valuable cargo1 of rice, flour, beef, and sundry other merchandise, and that while prosecuting said voyage the brig was illegally captured, on the 11th day of November, 1797, by the French privateer Malounie and carried into Santiago de Cuba, from whence her papers *241were sent by the French consul to Cape Francois, where the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Adams v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1900
3Cited by2 opinions
- Adams v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1911
- Shapely v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1903