Supreme Court of the United States, 1814

United States v. Brigantine Mars

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 15, 1814 · Johnson

12 U.S. 417; 3 L. Ed. 609; 8 Cranch 417; 1814 U.S. LEXIS 443 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

De Bonis v. United States (District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania 1952)
Strong v. United States (1st Cir. 1931)
The Zev (D.C. Cir. 1934)
Serota v. Transportation Insurance (Ill. App. Ct. 1933)
Armbruster v. Behan (La. Ct. App. 1906)
United States v. Stowell (Supreme Court of the United States 1890)
Mitchell v. Cunningham (Me. 1849)

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Opinion

Johnson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court, as follows : — This case depends upon the principle established in the case against the coffee, the Bohlens, claimants, (a) *The decision, as in that case, was founded r*. 1 „ upon the ground of a sale to a bond fide purchaser, without notice. *- The decree of the circuit court of Massachusetts district, in this case, is, therefore, reversed, and the brigantine Mars adjudged forfeited to the United States.

Decree reversed.

(a)

The case of the United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee, ante, p. 898.

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