COUDERT, ADMINISTRATOR v. UNITED STATES

No. 15.

175 U.S. 178 (1899)

COUDERT, Administrator, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 20, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, Jr., for plaintiff in error. Mr. Charles Frederic Adams was on his brief.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff bases his right of action on the act of March 3, 1887, c. 359, known as the Tucker Act, 24 Stat. 505, and the following facts:

In November, 1863, the United States vessel Granite City seized the Spanish bark Teresita, the property of Raphael Madrazo, in the Gulf of Mexico as a blockade runner. Proceedings were instituted for her condemnation and forfeiture in the District Court for the Eastern...

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