Jones v. Shore's
Supreme Court of the United States
The material facts of these cases are as follows; On the 23d of November, 1808, a bond was executed at the custom-house of Petersburg, in Virginia, to the United States, by Thomas Pearse,- master of the ship Sally, of Philadelphia, and Robert M‘Adam, Daniel Filton, and George Pegram, jun., in the penal sum of 46,300 dollars, upon condition that if the cargo of said vessel, consisting of 830 hogsheads of tobacco, intended, to be transported in said ves§el. from the port of…
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The material facts of these cases are as follows; On the 23d of November, 1808, a bond was executed at the custom-house of Petersburg, in Virginia, to the United States, by Thomas Pearse,- master of the ship Sally, of Philadelphia, and Robert M‘Adam, Daniel Filton, and George Pegram, jun., in the penal sum of 46,300 dollars, upon condition that if the cargo of said vessel, consisting of 830 hogsheads of tobacco, intended, to be transported in said ves§el. from the port of Petersburg to. the port of Boston, in Massachusetts, should be relanded in the United States, the danger of. the seas…
1Opinion of the Court
Story, -Í.,
delivered the'opinion of the court, and, after stating the facts, proceeded as follows :. As the United States have not asserted any claim, the first question for the decision, of the court is, whether the present collector ancTsurveyor, the actual incumbents in office, or the .representatives oí the late collector and surveyor, in right of their testator and intestate, are entitled to the moiety of the money received in satisfaction of the judgment above stated, and now in the custody of the circuit court.
By the express provisions of law, all penalties and forfeitures accruing,…
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