Prince v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[In error to the 'district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was a writ of error to the district court of Massachusetts, in an action of debt brought by the United States against the ' plaintiff in error, on a revenue bond for the duties payable on a certain prize cargo imported into the United States.
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[In error to the 'district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was a writ of error to the district court of Massachusetts, in an action of debt brought by the United States against the ' plaintiff in error, on a revenue bond for the duties payable on a certain prize cargo imported into the United States. It appeared from the pleadings, that the prize ship and cargo were captured by the private armed schooner Favorite on the 20th of June, 1813, and arrived in the port of Plymouth, where the entry was made, on the 21st day of July of the same year. A prize…
1Opinion of the Court
STOUT, Circuit Justice.
The question for the decision of the court is, whether the prize cargo, in this case, is entitled to the benefit of the act for reducing the duties on prize goods, the same having been imported before, but not proceeded against, or condemned, until after the passage of the same act. It is argued by the plaintiff in error, that the statute applies to all cases, where the duties had not become actually due, and had not been paid, before the time of its passage, or at least, to all cases, where the duties had not already accrued; that in prize cases, no title vests in the…
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