United States v. Peterson

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

In this action defendants in error, plaintiffs below, recovered judgment against the United States for damages occasioned by interference by the United States with the American sealing schooner James G. Swan. In its general character the action is like Bird v. United States (C. C. A.) 24 F.(2d) 933, in that it is based upon a claim of the plaintiffs below, heirs and legal representatives of an American citizen, for damages for loss occasioned by or resulting from the seizure, detention, or interference with a voyage, by the United States, of vessels charged with unlawful…