The Fortuna
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the circuit court fob the district of North Carolina. This ship, sailing under Russian colours, left Riga on the 2d of September, 1813, for London, where she arrivéd; ^nd from thence sailed on the IBtli of November, 1813, in ballast, on a voyage to the West-Indies; took a British convoy at' Portsmouth, in England, and proceeded with it to Barbadoes, and thence to Jamaica.
Read the full summary
Appeal from the circuit court fob the district of North Carolina. This ship, sailing under Russian colours, left Riga on the 2d of September, 1813, for London, where she arrivéd; ^nd from thence sailed on the IBtli of November, 1813, in ballast, on a voyage to the West-Indies; took a British convoy at' Portsmouth, in England, and proceeded with it to Barbadoes, and thence to Jamaica. From thence she sailed to the Havanna, where she firrived on the 12th of February, 1814¡; took in a cargo of the produce of Cuba, and left the port of the Havanna on the 25tb March, 1814, under protection of a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
Order. — It is ordered, in this cause, that both parties have liberty to produce farther proof; that all examinations of witnesses be taken under com- * • • ' mission according to the rule of this court; that original letters and documents be, in all cases,' pro-, duced, or a sufficient reason assigned for not producing such originals. And that the captors have leave to inspect letter books and books of account relative to this adventure wherever they require it.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Fortuna— KrauseSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
3Cited by3 opinions
- The AdulaDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1898
- The Fortuna— KrauseSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
- Debnam v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900