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Appeal from the Circuit Court of North Carolina. The shipment in this case was made on the 31st of March, 1814, at London, by the house of trade of Moreira, Vieira & Machado, of that city, on account and risk of the house, to Mr. Moreira, one of the partners, who was a native of, and domiciled at Lisbon, in the kingdom of Portugal. The shares of the two partners, Messrs.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of North Carolina. The shipment in this case was made on the 31st of March, 1814, at London, by the house of trade of Moreira, Vieira & Machado, of that city, on account and risk of the house, to Mr. Moreira, one of the partners, who was a native of, and domiciled at Lisbon, in the kingdom of Portugal. The shares of the two partners, Messrs. Vieira & Machado, who were domiciled at London, were condemned as prize of war in the Court below, without appeal. The share of Mr. Moreira, the partner domiciled at Lisbon, was condemned in the Court below; but the claimant…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
delivered the opiniori of the Court. The shipment in this case was made by Moreira, Viera, & . Machado, a house of trade established in London, on the account of the hotise, to Moreira, one of the partners in the house, who was a native of, and domiciled in, Lisbon, in the kingdom of Portugal; and the only question is, whether the share.of Moreira in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domiqil., It has been long since decided in the Courts of Admiralty, that the property of a house of trade established in the enemy’s country, is condemnable, as prize, whatever…
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