The Panama
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This was a libel for the condemnation of the steamship Panama as prize of war, and was heard in the District Court upon the libel, the claim of the master in behalf of the owner of the vessel, and the depositions in preparatorio of her master, her supercargo, and her chief engineer, which showed the following state of facts:
The Panama was a steamship of 1432 tons register; was owned by the Compañía Transatlántica, a corporation of Barcelona in Spain; sailed under the Spanish flag; had a commission as a royal mail ship from the Government of Spain; carried a crew of 11 men all told, who had…
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