United States v. Ames
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of -the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
-delivered the opinion of-the court.
Judicial cognizance of prize cases is derived from that article of the Constitution which ordains that the judicial power shall extend to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; and the district courts for many years exercised jurisdiction in such cases without any other authority from Congress than what was conferred by the ninth section of the Judiciary Act, which gave those courts exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including the seizures' therein mentioned, the rule adopted being that prize…
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