Drummond 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 ship Poll Gary, John Bessom, master, sailed on a commercial voyage February 10, 1799, from Norfolk, Va., bound for London, England.
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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 ship Poll Gary, John Bessom, master, sailed on a commercial voyage February 10, 1799, from Norfolk, Va., bound for London, England. While peacefully pursuing said voyage, on March 16, 1799, she was seized on the high seas not far from the Isle of Wight by the French privateer UEereux Speculator (“ The Happy Speculator ”), Captain Reneaudeau, and taken into the port of Grandville, France. The tribunal of commerce of that place pronounced the release of the vessel and cargo on prize…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
The petition alleges liability for claims under the act of January 20, 1885, 23 Stat., 283. Though the demands are of remote international origin, allowance follows from the court’s action in the nature of an award if the claims are of the class relinquished by treaty to France and assumed to be paid by the United States.
The findings show seizure of the Poll Gary on the high seas by the French privateer and prize proceedings at the port of Grandville in France, whence the vessel was taken after her capture. The trial resulted in a decree for the release of the ship, from which decree an…
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