THE MANGROVE PRIZE MONEY

Nos. 24, 34.

188 U.S. 720 (1903)

THE MANGROVE PRIZE MONEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Hoyt for the United States.

Mr. William B. King, with whom Mr. George A. King was on the brief, for the officers and crew of the Indiana.

Mr. James H. Hayden, with whom Mr. Joseph K. McCammon was on the brief, for the officers and crew of the New York.

Mr. Benjamin Micou and Mr. Hilary A. Herbert, with whom Mr. Jefferson B. Browne was on the brief, for the officers and crew of the Mangrove.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These are appeals from a decree of the United States District Court distributing the proceeds of the Spanish steamer Panama, condemned by an earlier decree as prize of war. 176 U.S. 535. The District Court awarded the whole net proceeds to the officers and crew of the United States steamer Mangrove, on the ground that the Mangrove was the sole capturing

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