Eaton v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter’s statement of tbe case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Betsey, whereof Douglass Chapman was then master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Edenton, N. C., on or about November 25, 1797, bound for the Swedish island of St. Bartholomew.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter’s statement of tbe case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Betsey, whereof Douglass Chapman was then master, sailed on a commercial voyage from Edenton, N. C., on or about November 25, 1797, bound for the Swedish island of St. Bartholomew. She did not proceed directly to her port of destination, but went beyond it to the British island of Antigua, where she sold her cargo and took on board rum, and, after receiving on board French prisoners, sailed for St. Bartholomew. While pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, Judge
The record presents a new question. Its novelty demands a full exposition of the court’s views. The demand is for the value of a vessel and its freight and arises under the act known by the generic name of French Spoliation Claims, 23 Stats., 283.
The brig Betsey sailed from Edenton, N. C., bound for the Swedish island of St. Bartholomew. She did not proceed to her port of destination but went to Antigua, an island possession of the British. There she took on rum (how much does not appear), and, receiving French prisoners, sailed in the direction of St. Bartholomew. Whilst pursuing her voyage…
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