THE MARS. UNITED STATES
v.
THE BRIGANTINE MARS

U.S. | 1814-02-01
8 Cranch 417 Supreme Court of the United States (1814) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 3 L. Ed. 609 · SCDB 1814-040 · 1814 U.S. LEXIS 443
Cited by 13 cases
Opinion of the Court
Johnson, J.,

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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  • United States v. Stowell, 133 U.S. 1 (U.S. 1890)
  • Gelston v. Hoyt, 3 Wheat. 246 (U.S. 1818)
  • Strong v. United States, 46 F.2d 257 (1st Cir. 1931)
    …tle or right of the claimant to the liquors took place, that is, “whether on the commission of the offence, the seizure, or the condemnation.” United States v. 1,960 Bags of Coffee, 8 Cranch, 398, 405, 3 L. Ed. 602; U. S. v. The Mars, 8 Cranch, 417, 3 L. Ed. 609; Gelston v. Hoyt, 3 Wheaton, at page 311, 4 L. Ed. 381. In these cases ánd in United States v. Grundy, 3 Cranch, 337, 350, 2 L. Ed. 459, it is pointed out “that in all forfeitures accruing at common law, nothing vests in the government until some le…

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