Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the ease: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Amiable Matilda, William Brown, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 2d day of September, 1797, from Philadelphia, bound to Bilboa, in Spain. While in the peaceful pursuit of said voyage, the vessel arrived between St. Ogne and Bilboa at about 8 o’clock in the morning on the 8th day of October, and took a pilot to conduct her into the port of Bilboa.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the ease: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Amiable Matilda, William Brown, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 2d day of September, 1797, from Philadelphia, bound to Bilboa, in Spain. While in the peaceful pursuit of said voyage, the vessel arrived between St. Ogne and Bilboa at about 8 o’clock in the morning on the 8th day of October, and took a pilot to conduct her into the port of Bilboa. About noon of the same day the French privateer Hardy, of Bayonne, Captain Sarrouble, came from the shore and fired upon…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The brig Amiable Matilda, Brown, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 2d day of September, 1797, from Philadelphia, bound for Bilboa, Spain. While pursuing said voyage the vessel arrived between St. Ogne and Bilboa at about 8 o’clock in the morning on the 8th of October, and took a pilot to conduct her into the port of Bilboa. About noon of the same day the French privateer Hardy, of Bayonne, Captain Sarrouble, came from the shore with sails and oars and fired upon her, whereupon the master of said vessel hoisted the colors of the United States and lay to in order to learn what was…
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