The Amiable Nancy
Supreme Court of the United States
This waq a suit for a marine trespass, cómurencetl in the distriet court for the southern district of New- , Yortc, by the libel'1 ants and appellants, who were the o\v:.er, master, supercargo-, and crew of .the Haytian Schooner Amiable Nancy,against the defendants, who* were the owners of the private' armed American vessel Scourge.
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This waq a suit for a marine trespass, cómurencetl in the distriet court for the southern district of New- , Yortc, by the libel'1 ants and appellants, who were the o\v:.er, master, supercargo-, and crew of .the Haytian Schooner Amiable Nancy,against the defendants, who* were the owners of the private' armed American vessel Scourge. The libel states, that the Amiable Nancy and her cárgo belonged tobe libellant, Peter Joseph-MfraulV of Port-au-Prince, in the island of Hfcy ti, or St. Dor «lingo ;. that the vessel, with a cargo of corn, sailed from Port-au-Prince about the 7th of October,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice_ Story
delivered the opinion of the court. The jurisdiction of the district court to en*558tertain this suit, by virtue of its general admiralty arid maritime jurisdiction, and independent of the special provisions of the prize act of the 26th of June 1812, ch, 107. has been so repeatedly decided by this court, that it cannot be permitted again to be judicially thought into- doubt.a Upon the facts disclosed in the evidence, this must be pronounced a case of gross and wonton outrage, without any just provocation or excuse. Under such circumstances, the honour of the country, and the…
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