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OTIS v. WALTER

15 U.S. 18 (1817)

2 Wheat. 18

OTIS v. WALTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 21, 1817.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney-General, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Read, for the defendant in error, contended.

Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of trover, brought in the state court of Massachusetts, in which Walter, the plaintiff in that court, recovered of Otis damages for the conversion of sundry articles constituting the cargo of a vessel called the Ten Sisters.

Otis, the collector of Barnstable, had detained the vessel under suspicion of an intention to violate the embargo laws...

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