Jecker, Torre, & Co. v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of the United States
. This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The arguments consisted chiefly in comments upon the evidence upon both sides, ■and, for, the appellants, in the legal objection that the libel should have been filed in the name of the United States, instead of an individual.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
- This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty by the circuit .court of the United States for the District of Columbia, by which decree the ship Admittance, claimed by the appellants, Charles B. Fessenden and Richard S. Fay, as owners, and the cargo of the same ship claimed by the appellants,'. Jecker, Torre and Co. and Manual Quintana, were upon a libel filed by the appellee, John B. Montgomery, condemned as prize of war.
It will serve to explain the nature of the present controversy, and the character of the decree of the circuit court above.mentioned, to refer to the proceedings heretofore…
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