The Mohawk
Supreme Court of the United States
An act of Congress of 1792* (section 27fh), provides that “ if any certificate of registry or record shall be fraudulently or knowingly used for any ship or vessel not then actually entitled to the benefit thereof, according to the true intent of this act, such ship or vessel shall be forfeited to the United States.”
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An act of Congress of 1792* (section 27fh), provides that “ if any certificate of registry or record shall be fraudulently or knowingly used for any ship or vessel not then actually entitled to the benefit thereof, according to the true intent of this act, such ship or vessel shall be forfeited to the United States.” An act of 1793† concerning the enrolment of vessels engaged in domestic commerce, enacts (section 2d) that “in order for the enrolment of any vessel, she shall possess the same qualifications, and the same requisites, in all respects, shall be complied with, as are necessary for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The act of December 23, 1852, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register or enrolment for any vessel built in a foreign country, whenever such vessel may have been, or shall hereafter be, wrecked in the United States* and shall have been, or may hereafter be purchased and repaired by a citizen or citizens thereof: provided, that it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the repairs put upon such vessel shall be equal to three-fourths of the cost of said vessel,, when so repaired.
In this act, under which the owners of the Mohawk procured…
2Cited by23 opinions
- St. Clair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Anderson v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. Victor Manuel Stuart-Caballero, Amador Ortega and Armando Arias DiazCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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