HILLS v. ROSS


3 U.S. 331 (____)

3 Dall. 331

HILLS et al. versus ROSS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ingersoll, contended, for the Plaintiffs in error.


BY THE COURT: It appears, that the damages have been assessed in the courts below, in relation to the value of the goods that were captured: but the Plaintiffs in error were not trespassers ab initio; and, acting only as agents, they should be made answerable for no more than actually came into their hands. The accounts of sales are regularly collected and annexed to the record. We are, therefore, at no loss for a criterion: And we...

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