Legal Opinion
The Grotius, Sheafe, Master
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 16, 1814PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
12 U.S. 456
8 Cranch 456
3 L.Ed. 623
THE GROTIUS, SHEAFE, MASTER.
March 16, 1814
APPEAL from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts.
The Grotius, an American ship owned by Thomas Sheafe and Charles Coffin, the Claimants, sailed from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 2d, 1812, on a voyage, according to the shipping paper, from Portsmouth to one or more southern ports, and from thence to one or more ports in Europe, and back to her port of discharge in the United States, and to Portsmouth, if required. She arrived at New York, and sailed from thence with a cargo for St.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Patterson v. PattersonThe Superior Court of New York City · 1863
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3Cited by2 opinions
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