The Manila Prize Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. These are appeals taken from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District Court of the United States in admiralty, in a suit in prize brought by Ad<-miral Dewey in behalf of himself and the officers and crew of the naval forces on the Asiatic station, taking part in the battle of Manila Bay.
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APPEALS PROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. These are appeals taken from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District Court of the United States in admiralty, in a suit in prize brought by Ad<-miral Dewey in behalf of himself and the officers and crew of the naval forces on the Asiatic station, taking part in the battle of Manila Bay. May 1, 1898, Admiral Dewey, being then a Commodore in the-United States Navy, with a fleet under his command, engaged a Spanish fleet consisting of the Eeina Cristina, Castilla, Don Juan de Austria, Don Antonio…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Captures in war enure to the Government and can become private property only by its grant. The right of the citizen to demand condemnation of vessels or property as .prize for his benefit must be derived from acts of Congress, and their scope is not to be enlarged in his favor by construction. The Siren, 13 Wall. 389. Although in matters of detail, where there is no controversy in respect of the existence of the grant, a more liberal construction may be applied in carrying the intention of Congress into effect.
The correctness of the decree so far as it related to Spanish seagoing vessels with…
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