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DE VALENGIN'S ADMINISTRATORS v. DUFFY

39 U.S. 282 (1840)

14 Pet. 282

ALBERT P. DE VALENGIN'S ADMINISTRATORS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. JOHN H. DUFFY, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted to the Court on printed arguments, by Mr. M`Mahon and Mr. Johnson, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. Williams, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes here, upon a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland.

It appears from the record, that John H. Duffy, an American citizen, being engaged in commerce and domiciled at Buenos Ayres, shipped a cargo of hides and lard to Gibraltar, on board the brig President Adams, in 1828. Buenos Ayres was then at war with Brazil. The...

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