Carter v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The schooner Nancy, William Ward, master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Boston on the 23d day of January, 1799, bound to St. lago de Cuba.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The schooner Nancy, William Ward, master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Boston on the 23d day of January, 1799, bound to St. lago de Cuba. While peacefully pursuing- said voyage she was seized on the high seas on or about the 10th dajr of February following, by the French privateer Bencountre, Andrew Caste, commander, but was subsequently retaken by the British vessels Swallow, Argonaut, andAmitié, and carried into Kingston, Jamaica, where the court of vice-admiralty decreed one-half…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The schooner Nancy, William Ward, master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Boston on the 23d day of January, 1799, bound to St. lago de Cuba. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high seas on or about the 10th day of Februaiy following, by the French privateer Rencontre, Andrew Caste, commander, but was subsequently recaptured by the British vessels Swallow, Argonaut, and Amitie, and taken to Kingston, Jamaica, where the court of *410vice-admiralty decreed one-half the value of both the vessel and cargo as salvage, to be paid to the recaptors.
The Nancy was a duly…
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