The Merrimack
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland. The following are the material facts of the case : The ship Merrimack, owned by citizens of the United States, sailed from Liverpool for Baltimore, a few days after the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain, was known in that country, having on board a cargo of goods, shipped by British subjects, and consigned to citizens of the United States.
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This was an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland. The following are the material facts of the case : The ship Merrimack, owned by citizens of the United States, sailed from Liverpool for Baltimore, a few days after the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain, was known in that country, having on board a cargo of goods, shipped by British subjects, and consigned to citizens of the United States. On the 25th of October 1812, she was captured, in the Chesapeake bay, between Annapolis and Baltimore, by the private armed vessel Rossie,…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
after stating the facts relating to the several claims in this case, delivered the following opinion of the court, as to the claims of McKean & Woodland, Kimmel & Albert, and John H. Browning & Co.
1. As to the claim of McKean & Woodland. The question of property, in this case, depends on certain letters written by Baily, Eaton & Brown, which were found on board the captured vessel. A letter of the 11th of July 1812, addressed to Samuel McKean, shows in the clearest manner, that the property in dispute was purchased and shipped for McKean & Woodland, in pursuance of their…
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