McCobb v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following is the decree of the French court with the facts as found by this court: “In the name of the French people: “ The tribunal of commerce established in the ’ island of Guadaloupe and its dependencies, held at Basse Terre, in the said island, at their ordinary sitting, on the fourteenth day of October and the 7th year of the French Republic one and indivisible; “ Having seen the declaration of the American prize sloop…
Read the full summary
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following is the decree of the French court with the facts as found by this court: “In the name of the French people: “ The tribunal of commerce established in the ’ island of Guadaloupe and its dependencies, held at Basse Terre, in the said island, at their ordinary sitting, on the fourteenth day of October and the 7th year of the French Republic one and indivisible; “ Having seen the declaration of the American prize sloop Townsend, of Boothbay, Capt. Danl. Campbell, taken by the privateer RPelletier, Capt. Mounier ; the said declaration made and…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkxnson, J.
The sloop Townsend, a small New England vessel, built and registered in the State of Maine, sailed from the State of Massachusetts August 28, 1798, bound for the British island of Antigua. Her cargo consisted of lumber, shingles, staves, and fish. The vessel was owned by three American citizens of the State of Maine, who also were the owners of the cargo. In the early part of October, 1798, while on her outward voyage to Antigua, she was captured by the French privateer Le Pellitier, and was conveyed to Guadeloupe, arriving October 10 of that year, when vessel and cargo were condemned “ as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gray v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886
- Wyman v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1901
- Cushing v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886
- Sill v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1901
- Parish v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1901
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.