Cole v. The Brandt
District Court, S.D. New York
[In admiralty. Libel by Charles Cole, Jr., to recover possession of the brig Brandt, A. J. Hill, claimant]
1Opinion of the Court
BETTS, District Judge.
The libellant claims to be owner of the brig under a bona fide purchase, whilst she was at sea or in a foreign port, and that she was conveyed to him by regular bill of sale by Hunt & Dascomb of Boston, her former owners. The matters of de-fence drawn from the pleadings and proofs and urged to defeat the action, are, that at the time of the alleged sale the vessel was in the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, and though she remained there a sufficient time, no change of possession was made and she went to St. Croix under her original papers and master. That under…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Andrews v. HerriotNew York Supreme Court · 1825
- Putnam v. DutchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- The TiltonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1830
- Mankin v. ChandlerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia · 1823
- President of the Portland Bank v. StaceyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
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