Legal Opinion

William Williams and Others v. George Armroyd and Others

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1813PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

11 U.S. 423

7 Cranch 423

3 L.Ed. 392

WILLIAM WILLIAMS AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS,

v.

GEORGE ARMROYD AND OTHERS, APPELLEES.

February 25, 1813

1

Absent, TODD, J.

2

THIS was an appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Pennsylvania, which dismissed the libel with costs.

3

The libel stated, that the schooner Fortitude, owned by Williams and others, citizens of the United States, having taken in a cargo of molasses at Martinico, sailed on the 20th of August, 1809, for New London. That on the next day she was piratically seized on the high seas by an armed schooner, shewing no colours, but…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Duncan v. ElamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
  2. Hewes v. DoddridgeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1842
  3. Fernandez v. McVittieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
  4. Miller v. GaskinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
  5. Succession of LudewigSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Ex Parte Tobias WatkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  3. Cushing v. LairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. Arnold v. ShieldsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1837
  5. Holcomb v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844

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