BEVERLY v. BROOKE


15 U.S. 100 (1817)

2 Wheat. 100

BEVERLY v. BROOKE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 19, 1817.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued by Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Taylor, for the defendant.


Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the court.

The declaration in this cause states, that the defendant "was master of the brig Sophila, then in the county of Alexandria, and bound on a voyage from thence to Savannah, in the state of Georgia, and from Savannah, to New-York, in the state of New York, and from thence to such other place or places as he, the said defendant, might be directed to go to by the owners...

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