Stevens v. Shippen

The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion of the chancellor, reported in 1 Stew. 487. The only question raised on this appeal is, whether, under the resolution of congress, approved by the president July 17th, 1862, which, by its terms, released and conveyed the unfinished vessel known as the “Stevens Battery,” to the “heirs at law of Eobert L. Stevens, deceased, or tlioir legal representatives,” the title to that vessel passed to those heirs at law, or to Edwin A. Stevens as the residuary legatee of Eobert L. Stevens ?

On the 10th of February, 1843, Eobert L. Stevens entered into…