UNITED STATES v. SAMPSON

No. 273.

187 U.S. 436 (1903)

UNITED STATES v. SAMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James H. Hayden, for petitioners on this motion, appellees.


THE CHIEF JUSTICE. This libel in prize was filed by Rear Admiral Sampson in his own behalf and also in behalf of all of the officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy, who took part in the engagement off Santiago de Cuba on July 3, 1898, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and went to a decree of condemnation from which this appeal was prosecuted.

On May 19, 1902, the death of Rear Admiral Sampson was suggested by the Attorney General, and a...

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