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THE MONTE ALLEGRE

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20 U.S. 520 (1822)

7 Wheat. 520

5 L.Ed. 513

The MONTE ALLEGRE and the RAINHA DE LOS ANJOS. The Portuguese Consul General, Libellant.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 20, 1822.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

These causes were argued by Mr. Winder, for the appellant and claimant, and by Mr. D. Hoffman, for the respondent and libellant.

Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Monte Allegre was captured by the private armed vessel called La Fortuna, cruising at the time under a commission from the chief of the Oriental Republic. She was completely fitted out, equipped, and manned, in Baltimore, from which port she sailed on her first cruize, in December, 1816; owned and commanded by citizens of the United States; but commissioned by the government of Buenos Ayres. She sailed...

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