Legal Opinion
The Grace & Ruby
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 18, 1922No. Nos. 2182, 2183PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
These are libels for the forfeiture of the schooner Grace and Ruby for smuggling liquor in violation of Rev. St. §•§ 2872, 2874 (Comp. St. §§ 5563, 5565), and' the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 305). They were heard upon exceptions to the libels, raising solely tbe question of jurisdiction. The facts are settled by stipulation of the parties. Those essential to a decision may be briefly stated as follows:
The Grace and Ruby was a British vessel owned and registered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and commanded by one Ross, a British subject. She sailed from the Bahama…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Manchester v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Church v. HubbartSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
- In Re CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. The KodiakDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1892
3Cited by15 opinions
- Skiriotes v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. Robert Morris Postal, Salem L. Forsythe, and George A. ChittyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Cook v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- United States v. HenselCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- United States v. 1,250 Cases of Intoxicating LiquorsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
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