Swan v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The demands upon which these cases are founded were referred to this court by the Act 8th August, 1882 (22 St-at.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The demands upon which these cases are founded were referred to this court by the Act 8th August, 1882 (22 St-at. L., p. 738, ch. 480). The following are the facts as found by the court: I. At the time of the capture of the rebel ram Albemarle, as hereinafter found, the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron was under the command of Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, whose fleet captain was Lieutenant-Commander K. Randolph Breese; and a division of said squadron, known as the Division of the Sounds, was commanded by Commander William H. Macomb. II. In October,…
1Opinion of the Court
Drake, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
These cases came into this court under the following act of Congress, passed August 8,1882, (22 Stat. L., 738, ch. 480):
“ AN ACT to refer the claim of the captors of the ram Albemarle to the Court of Claims.
11 Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims of the captors of the ram Albemarle, which was captured and destroyed October twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same hereby are, referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction and…
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