Patton v. Nicholson
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the circuit court, of the district of Columbia for the county of Alexandria. The plaintiff in error declared in assumpsit for that the defendant, &c. was indebted to the plaintiff in the «urn of 75Q dollars for a certain document or pap^r 'Called á Sawyer’s License by the plaintiff, &c. sold and delivered to the defendant, &c. and being so indebted, the defendant, &c. afterwards, &c. promised, &c> Plea son-assumpsit.
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Error to the circuit court, of the district of Columbia for the county of Alexandria. The plaintiff in error declared in assumpsit for that the defendant, &c. was indebted to the plaintiff in the «urn of 75Q dollars for a certain document or pap^r 'Called á Sawyer’s License by the plaintiff, &c. sold and delivered to the defendant, &c. and being so indebted, the defendant, &c. afterwards, &c. promised, &c> Plea son-assumpsit. Evidence was offered to the jury to show that both parties were citizfens of the United States, and that the license in question was sold by the plaint iff to the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marsharl
delivered the opinion of the court, that the use of a license or pass from the ftnemy, by a citizen, .being, unlawful, one citizen had no right to purchase of, o,r sell to, another, such a iicense or pass to be used on board an Amercan vessel.
Judgment affirmed.a
lii the several cases, during'the late war, of the Julia, 8 Cranch. 181.; the Aurora. Id. 203.; the Hiram, Id. 444, S.C. ante. vol. 1 p. 440, and the Ariadne, ante, vol. 2. p. 143. the court determined, that the use of a license or passport of' protection from the enemy constitutes an act of illegality which subjects the property…
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