The Ship Virgin v. Vyfhius

This is the case of a libel in rem, upon a bottomry bond, originally instituted in the district court of the district of Mary-, land, and thence brought by appeal to the circuit court, and thence by appeal to this court. The ship Virgin belonged to Baltimore, and being in Amsterdam, in the kingdom of Holland, in November 1822, bond was there given to the libellant by the master, for the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars, and maritime interest at the rate/of ten per cent, for advances asserted to be made by the libellant to supply the necessities of the ship on a voyage from Amsterdam…