Legal Opinion

The Avery

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided October 15, 1814PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Circuit Court, D. Massachusetts. Shaw, clerk, in pro. per.

1Opinion of the Court

STORY, Circuit Justice.

The brig Avery and cargo were captured on the 28th of April, 1813; and prize proceedings having been instituted, part of the cargo was condemned, and the residue finally ordered to be restored by the district court; and, on appeal to this court, the decree of restoration was, at this term, reversed, and the whole property condemned to the captors. Pending the proceedings in the court below, the goods, whereof restoration was afterwards decreed, were, in pursuance of an interlocutory order of the-2Sth of August, 1813, sold on the 7th of the ensuing September, and the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Howard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Leech v. KayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1880

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