Whittlesey v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The sloop Ealph, Moses Montague, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about the 31st of December, 1799, from New London, Conn., for the British island of Tortola, laden with a cargo of which about one-half in value was horses, 32 in number.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The sloop Ealph, Moses Montague, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about the 31st of December, 1799, from New London, Conn., for the British island of Tortola, laden with a cargo of which about one-half in value was horses, 32 in number. She arrived at Tortola, landed her cargo, took on a return cargo, and sailed on her return voyage on or about the 2d day of February, 1800, bound for her home port of New London, Conn. While peacefully pursuing her voyage she was seized on the…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The sloop Ralph, Montague, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 31st of December, 1799, from New London, Conn., for the British island of Tortola, laden with a cargo of which about one-half in value was horses, 32 in number.
She arrived at Tortola, landed her cargo, took on a return cargo, and sailed on a return voyage on the 2d day of February, 1800, bound for her home port, New London, Conn.
While pursuing her voyage she was seized on the high seas on the 6th day of February, 1800, by the French privateer Le Hasard, Captain Blandanare, and taken to St. Johns, P. R., where she arrived…
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