Page v. Lenox & Maitland
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of trover, tried before Mr. J. Yates, at the New-York sittings, in November, 1816. The agent of the plaintiffs purchased a large quantity of German linens at Hamburg, on the account, and with the hinds °h the plaintiffs, with which he proceeded from Ham-with intention to transport them to Copenhagen, there to be shipped for the United States.
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THIS was an action of trover, tried before Mr. J. Yates, at the New-York sittings, in November, 1816. The agent of the plaintiffs purchased a large quantity of German linens at Hamburg, on the account, and with the hinds °h the plaintiffs, with which he proceeded from Ham-with intention to transport them to Copenhagen, there to be shipped for the United States. The Danish sloop St. Jorgen, on board of which the goods were laden for Copenhagen, was obliged, by adverse winds, to put into a port in the Danish dominions, and while lying there was, on the 24th of May, 1812, cut out and captured by…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The questions which have been .made and discussed in this case are, 1. Whether, admitting the island of Futa to have been neutral territory, it was competent for a British. court of admiralty to proceed against and condemn the property in question, whilst lying at that place. If not, then, 2. Whether, in point of fact, Fula was not, at the time, so far a part of the British territory, or in the possession of Admiral Saumarez, as to render valid the condemnation. In the argument of the first question, we have been called upon to review some of…
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