Adams v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: Tbe' following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I.The ship Governor Bowdoin, Daniel Oliver, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about July 13, 1797, from Batavia, Java, bound to Boston.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: Tbe' following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I.The ship Governor Bowdoin, Daniel Oliver, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about July 13, 1797, from Batavia, Java, bound to Boston. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high seas by the French cruiser Hirondelle on or about September 1, 1797, and carried into the Isle of France, and there condemned by the tribunal of appeals, on appeal by the captors from the decision of the tribunal of commerce, which had released the vessel, whereby both vessel and…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
The findings dispose of the suggested want of citizenship as to one of the original owners and determine as well the ultimate fate of the vessel and its cargo. The production by the claimants of certain papers on board the vessel at the time of the seizure and condemnation, and the memorandum relating to the future adjustment of the charge for general average and expenses attending the capture on settlement of the insurance, does not establish restitution. The sentence of condemnation antedated the treaty of September 30, 1800, and with nothing more tangible than a notice of a bare right to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- English v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1894