Porter v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was ■ ieeding termed a libel of information filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on behalf of David D. Porter and others, officers and men of the North Atlantic Squadron, to recover the bounty provided by the act of Congress of June 80, 1864, c. 174, regulating prize proceedings and the distribution of prize money.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was ■ ieeding termed a libel of information filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on behalf of David D. Porter and others, officers and men of the North Atlantic Squadron, to recover the bounty provided by the act of Congress of June 80, 1864, c. 174, regulating prize proceedings and the distribution of prize money. The eleventh se tion of that act declares “that a bounty shall be paid by the Dnited States for each person on board any ship or vessel of war belonging to an enemy at the commencement of an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
Two objections are made to the recovery of the bounty claimed by the' libellants: one, that the destruction of the Confederate vessels was effected by the joint action of- the army and navy; the other, that it took place on the inland waters of the United States.
For the determination of the first of these objections, it will be necessary to consider the movements of the fleet under command of Admiral Porter, immediately preceding the capture of Richmond. The record enables us to do this, although officers present on the vessels differ in their recollection of dates.
On the morning of April 2,…
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