Ogden ex rel. Ferrers v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: General findings relative to the ship and cargo. I. The brig Hiram sailed from Antigua for New Haven on the 4-th of May, 1798, under the convoy of a British ship of war. On the 9th of May being separated from her convoy, she was captured by the French privateer Les Deux Amis and taken to the island of St. Martin.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: General findings relative to the ship and cargo. I. The brig Hiram sailed from Antigua for New Haven on the 4-th of May, 1798, under the convoy of a British ship of war. On the 9th of May being separated from her convoy, she was captured by the French privateer Les Deux Amis and taken to the island of St. Martin. The vessel and cargo were condemned at Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, by the tribunal of commerce on tho 17th Prairial, sixth year of the French Republic. The grounds of condemnation were…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
The claimant, Josiah Ogden, avers that, in 1798, John Fer-rers, whose administrator he is, kept an insurance office in the city of New York, in which he effected insurance for owner by means of what were then termed “ outdoor underwriters.” The petition of Mr. Ogden does not set up any claim of his decedent against France, but is filed on behalf of those underwriters who, through his agency, insured the brig Hiram.
*440His counsel has insisted that Mr. Ferrers was the sole custodian of all the underwriters; that he kept their papers; that he preserved their evidence; that he and. his executors and…
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