Shaw v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The claimant on the 17th day of September, 1863, was the owner of the steamboat known as the Robert Campbell, jr. This steamer was then lying at the port of Saint Louis, fully manned, equipped, and furnished. On the day named she was seized and impressed into the military service of the United States by the deputy quartermaster-general, General Robert Allen, through Captain Metcalf and Captain Parsons, assistant quartermasters.
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The claimant on the 17th day of September, 1863, was the owner of the steamboat known as the Robert Campbell, jr. This steamer was then lying at the port of Saint Louis, fully manned, equipped, and furnished. On the day named she was seized and impressed into the military service of the United States by the deputy quartermaster-general, General Robert Allen, through Captain Metcalf and Captain Parsons, assistant quartermasters. Under this seizure and impressment she was loaded on the Government account, and left the port of Saint Louis about the 25th of September, for Vicksburgh, Miss. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
Two grounds of recovery were pressed upon the court at the trial: first, by the claimant on his own behalf for damages growing out of an erroneous assessment of damages by the Third Auditor; secondly, on behalf of insurance companies which had paid their insurance to the claimant upon his vessel destroyed while in the military service of the Government. The case of Hall & Long v. The Railroad Companies, (13 Wall. R., p. 367,) was also cited to show that insurers may sue in the name of the insured.
As to the first ground of recovery, the court is of the opinion, for reasons that will be stated…
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