Stevens v. Shippen

The Chancellor.

The questions presented for consideration on the hearing were, whether, under the resolution of congress, approved by the president July 17th, 1862, which, by its terms, released and conveyed the unfinished vessel known as the “ Stevens Battery ” to the “ heirs at law of Robert L. Stevens, deceased, or their legal representatives,” the title to that vessel passed to those heirs at law or their legal representatives, or to Edwin A. Stevens as his residuary legatee; and, if the title passed to Edwin A. Stevens as such legatee,, whether the gift of that vessel to the state of New…