Matthews v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter’s statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. Tbe schooner Sea Flower, whereof Luke Baker was then master, sailed from Boston December 1, 1799, on a commercial voyage bound for St. Croix. ' While peaceably pursuing said voyage she was seized on tbe high seas, December 20, 1799, by tbe French privateer L’Aimable Jeannette, Capt. Gautier.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter’s statement of tbe case: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. Tbe schooner Sea Flower, whereof Luke Baker was then master, sailed from Boston December 1, 1799, on a commercial voyage bound for St. Croix. ' While peaceably pursuing said voyage she was seized on tbe high seas, December 20, 1799, by tbe French privateer L’Aimable Jeannette, Capt. Gautier. On January 1,1800, tbe vessel was condemned by tbe tribunal of commerce and prizes at Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, tbe grounds of condemnation being as follows: That tbe sea letter was not…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, Judge
These' are underwriters’ claims, the owners of both vessel and cargo not being represented in court. The court finds the facts sufficient to draw the necessary conclusion that the condemnation of the vessel was illegal and that an award must be made for the insurance paid thereon.
As to the cargo there is controversy. Claimants contend that the recitals of the deci’ee show that there was an analysis of the ship’s papers, and that the grounds assigned for the sale of the cargo on the papers as analyzed were not good and sufficient to justify the conclusions of the decree of the prize tribunal…
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