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Stoddard, Appellant, versus, Read, Appellee, and the Schooner Squirrel and Cargo, 1783 — 2 U.S. 40 · caselaw · US
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Stoddard, Appellant, versus, Read, Appellee, and the Schooner Squirrel and Cargo
2 U.S. 402 Dall. 40·United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit·1783
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May Session, 1783.
Stoddard, Appellant, versus, Read, Appellee, and the Schooner Squirrel and Cargo.
ON motion of the Appellant’s Counsel, before an appearance filed on behalf of the Appellee, stating that the prize Schooner was in a perishing condition, it was ordered,
[MAJORITY — BY THE COURT.]
BY THE COURT.
That the Schooner, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, be fold at public auction, to the highest bidder, for the use of those to whom the same shall be finally decreed.