Mason v. The Ship Blaireau
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a libel for salvage, filed in the District Court of the United ■States for Maryland district, by the master, officers, crew, owner and freighters, of the British merchant ship The Firm, against the French ship Le Blaireau.
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This was a libel for salvage, filed in the District Court of the United ■States for Maryland district, by the master, officers, crew, owner and freighters, of the British merchant ship The Firm, against the French ship Le Blaireau. The facts stated in the proceedings and evidence, were as follows : The ship Le Blaireau, James Anquetil, master, on a voyage from Martinique to Bordeaux, laden with sugar, on the 30th of March 1803, at 10 o’clock at night, in lat. 35° 46' N., long. 46° west from Paris, was run down by a Spanish 64-gun ship, called the St. Julien, commanded by Francisco Mondragora,…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the-court. — *In this case, a preliminary question has been made by the counsel for the plaintiffs, which ought not to be disregarded. As the parties interested, except the owners of the cargo of the Eirm, are not Americans, a doubt has been suggested respecting the jurisdiction of the-court, and upon a reference to the authorities, the point does not appear to-have been ever settled. These doubts seem rather founded on the idea, that upon principles of general policy, this court ought not to take cognisance of a case entirely between foreigners, than…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Minnie MillerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1872