Otis v. Walter
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to .the supreme judicial court of the state of Massachusetts. This was an action of trover brought in the state court, in which Walter, the plain tiff in that court, recovered of Otis, the defendant in that court, damages for the conversion of sundry articles constituting the cargo of a vessel called the Ten Sisters..
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Error to .the supreme judicial court of the state of Massachusetts. This was an action of trover brought in the state court, in which Walter, the plain tiff in that court, recovered of Otis, the defendant in that court, damages for the conversion of sundry articles constituting the cargo of a vessel called the Ten Sisters.. The defendant in the court below, collector of the port of Barnstable, in Massachusetts, had detained the vessel under suspicion of an intention to violate the embargo laws, particularly the act of the 25th of April, 1808, sec. 6. and 11. The .vessel sailed from Ipswich…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
This was an .action of trover, brought in the state court of Massachusetts, in which Walter, the plaintiff in that court, recovered of Otis damages for the conversion of sondty articles constituting the cargo of a vessel called the Teh Sisters.
Otis, the collector of Barnstable, had detained the vessel under suspicion of an intention to violate the embargo laws. (Act of the 25th of April, 1808, sec. 6. and 11.)
It has already been decided, in such cases, that it is not necessary to show probable cause; that the law confides in the discretion of the collector, and is, in itself, a sufficient…
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