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30 HHDS. OF SUGAR v. BOYLE & OTHERS

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13 U.S. 191 (1815)

9 Cranch 191

3 L.Ed. 701

THIRTY HOGSHEADS OF SUGAR, (Adrian B. Bentzon, Claimant,) v. BOYLE AND OTHERS, Being the officers and crew of the privateer Comet.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 4, 1815.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARPER, for the Appellant.

PINKNEY, contra.

. . . . TODD,

MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

The island of Santa Cruz, belonging to the kingdom of Denmark, was subdued, during the late war, by the arms of his Britannic majesty. Adrian Benjamin Bentzon, an officer of the Danish government, and a proprietor of land therein, withdrew from the island on its surrender, and has since resided in Denmark. The property of the inhabitants being secured to them, he still retained his estate in the island...

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