Huntingdon v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by' the court: I. The schooner Maria, William Cole, master, sailed on a commercial voyage December 21, 1798, from Salem, Mass., bound for Bilboa, Spain. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was captured on the high seas on the 24th day of January, 1799, by the French privateers Tiger and Hiron-délle and carried into Sacoa, France.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by' the court: I. The schooner Maria, William Cole, master, sailed on a commercial voyage December 21, 1798, from Salem, Mass., bound for Bilboa, Spain. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was captured on the high seas on the 24th day of January, 1799, by the French privateers Tiger and Hiron-délle and carried into Sacoa, France. She was libeled before the tribunal of commerce sitting at Bayonne, France, which tribunal, on the 8th day of April, 1799, decreed that said seizure was illegal and ordered…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
This case is peculiar in its facts. The vessel sailed on a commercial voyage on December 21, 1798, from Salem, Mass., bound for Bilboa, Spain; was captured on the high seas by a French vessel on the 24th of January, 1799, and carried into Saco, France; was libeled before the tribunal of commerce at Bayonne, which tribunal decreed that the seizure was illegal and ordered the release of the vessel and cargo with damages and costs against the captors. An appeal was entered by the captors from said decree to the court of appeals, and while the appeal was pending, in consideration *75that the appeal…
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