Montgomery v. Henry
Supreme Court of the United States
This case, which was an appeal from a decree in the Admiralty, having been elaborately argued on the 6th of May, the President delivered the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Reed, President.
The case upon which we arevnow to give our judgment, comes before us under the following circumstances : — Captain Montgomery was master and commander of the ship, called the General Greene, designed for a voyage to Martinico. While the ship lay in the river, a severe frost happened, which occasioned a great delay, and the owners thought proper to alter their plan. Differences then arose : they dismissed Captain Montgomery, and took the ship from him. Upon this, he preferred his libel in the court of admiralty, complaining of the injury, as done to him in the port of…
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