American Insurance v. 356 Bales of Cotton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of South Carolina. The libel filed in this cause in’ the District Court of South Carolina, on the 18th April, 1825, alleged that five hundred and eighty-four bales of cotton, insured by the libellants, were shipped on board the ship Point a Petre, on . voyage from New-Orleans to Havre de Grace in France, and was in February, 1825, wrecked on the coast of Florida; from which it was salved, and carried .into…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of South Carolina. The libel filed in this cause in’ the District Court of South Carolina, on the 18th April, 1825, alleged that five hundred and eighty-four bales of cotton, insured by the libellants, were shipped on board the ship Point a Petre, on . voyage from New-Orleans to Havre de Grace in France, and was in February, 1825, wrecked on the coast of Florida; from which it was salved, and carried .into Key West, in the territory óf Florida, where it was sold, without any previous adjudication by a Court of competent…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Marshall .
delivered-, the opinion of theCogrt.—.• .The plaintiffs filed their libel in this-cause in the District Court of-..South Carolina, to obtain .restitution of 356 bales of cotton; -part'of thé cargo- of the ship Point a Petre; which had been insured, by them on a voyage from-Néw-Orleans tó Havre de Grace, -in France. The Point a, Petre was wrecked on "the coast-pf. Florida, the cargo-saved .by. the inhabitants; and.carried-into Key West, where it was sold for the purpose of satisfying'the .salvors;, by virtue of a decree of a Court, consisting of a notary and five…
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