Insurance Co. of North America v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Bee> whereof Denton James was then master, sailed on a commercial voyage on October 22, 1798, from Edenton, N. C., bound to the island of Barbados. While peacefully pursuing her said voyage she was seized on the high seas on November 24, 1798, by the French privateer La Resolue, Capt. Anthony Friol.
Read the full summary
On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The brig Bee> whereof Denton James was then master, sailed on a commercial voyage on October 22, 1798, from Edenton, N. C., bound to the island of Barbados. While peacefully pursuing her said voyage she was seized on the high seas on November 24, 1798, by the French privateer La Resolue, Capt. Anthony Friol. When the brig’s papers were handed to the captain of the privateer, the first that he came across was the role d’équipage, and finding the brig to be American property,…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNey, Judge
The American brig Bee was seized and, together with her cargo, was condemned by the French tribunal of commerce sitting in the island of Guadeloupe in December, 1798, after the abrogation of the treaty of 1778. It appears from the decree of condemnation that “the invoice is not signed by any constituted authorities ” and that “ the bill of lading is not signed at all.” There appears in the record a copy of a bill of lading which is signed and a. copy of an invoice which is not signed. This makes some incongruity in the evidence in the case, but, taken together, we think it comes within the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The Amiable NancySupreme Court of the United States · 1818
- Wyman v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1901
- Dingley v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1904