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SCHOONER EXCHANGE v. M`FADDON & OTHERS

11 U.S. 116 (1812)

7 Cranch 116

THE SCHOONER EXCHANGE v. M`FADDON & OTHERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 3, 1812.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DALLAS, Attorney of the United States, for the district of Pennsylvania.

HARPER, for the Appellees.

HARE, contra.

MARSHALL, Ch. J. Delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

This case involves the very delicate and important inquiry, whether an American citizen can assert, in an American court, a title to an armed national vessel, found within the waters of the United States.

The question has been considered with an earnest solicitude, that the decision may conform to those principles

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