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THE ASTREA

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14 U.S. 125 (1816)

1 Wheat. 125

4 L.Ed. 52

THE ASTREA.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 4, 1816.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charleton, for the appellants.

Harper, contra, was stopped by the court.

MARSHALL, Ch. J.

An interest acquired by possession, devested by the loss of possession from the very nature of a title acquired in war. The law of our own country, as to salvage, settles the question, and the case of the Adventuref is directly in point and conclusive.

Sentence of the circuit court affirmed.

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