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THE ATALANTA

16 U.S. 190 (____)

3 Wheat. 190

The ATALANTA: FOUSSAT, Claimant.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berrien, for the appellants and captors.

*Sergeant, contrà.

*415] *MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court.

This vessel was captured on a voyage from Bordeaux to Pensacola, by the sloop of war Wasp, and sent into Savannah, in Georgia, where she was libelled and condemned as prize of war. The cargo was claimed for Mons. Foussat, a French merchant, residing at Bordeaux. In the district court, the cargo was condemned as enemy's property, avowedly on the principle that this...

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