Adams v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters statement of the case : Tbe grounds upon which the present motion was placed are set forth in the opinion of the court. The facts are set forth in extenso in 23 O. Cls. R., 431, where the case is reported.
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The Reporters statement of the case : Tbe grounds upon which the present motion was placed are set forth in the opinion of the court. The facts are set forth in extenso in 23 O. Cls. R., 431, where the case is reported. The following are the findings then filed so far as they relate to the present motion: The Hiram was a duly registered American vessel, built at Derby, Conn., in the year 1796. She measured 100 tons, and her value at the time of capture would have been in an American port, $6,000. At the sale described in the first finding she was bought in by her master for the benefit of her…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
At the last term of the court it was found (23 C. Cls. R., 431) that the value of the brig Hiram, “at the time of capture, would have been in an American port $5,000,” but that she was bought in at a public sale, which took place under the decree of condemnation, “by her master, for the benefit of her owners, for $640, which, with exchange and commissions, made the cost of her purchase to her American owners $800.” The court was of the opinion that the indemnity for which France was liable “ must be restricted to the money which was paid to recover the vessel, plus the freight earnings of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ogden ex rel. Ferrers v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1888
- Cushing v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886