The Infanta Maria Teresa
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PEOM THE SUPEEME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District Court of the United States in admiralty, on a libel in prize filed by William T. Sampson., Near Admiral, United States Navy, in behalf of himself and the officers and men of the naval force on the North Atlantic Station, who took parkin the naval engagement off Santiago.
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APPEAL PEOM THE SUPEEME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District Court of the United States in admiralty, on a libel in prize filed by William T. Sampson., Near Admiral, United States Navy, in behalf of himself and the officers and men of the naval force on the North Atlantic Station, who took parkin the naval engagement off Santiago. During the pendency of the appeal in this court Admiral Sampson died, and his death being suggested, Admiral Henry C. Taylor was substituted by direction of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chief Justice Fullee,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered ,the opinion of the court.
After the engagement, the Teresa, as she lay shattered on the shore, was not in condition to be sent in for adjudication, and no survey and appraisement were thereupon had, nor was any sale directed by the commanding officer, as provided in section 4615, Revised Statutes; nor was the Teresa taken for and appropriated to the use of the United States and the value deposited under section 4624; nor were proceedings for adjudication commenced under section 4625, until by this libel. But the…
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