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THE PANAMA

No. 127.

176 U.S. 535 (1900)

20 S.Ct. 480

44 L.Ed. 577

THE PANAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Parker Kirlin for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Hoyt for appellees. Mr. Joseph K. McCammon and Mr. James H. Hayden, of counsel for the captors, were on his brief.

Mr. George A. King and Mr. William B. King, solicitors for certain captors, filed a brief on their behalf.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a libel for the condemnation of the steamship Panama as prize of war, and was heard in the District Court upon the libel, the claim of the master in behalf of the owner of the vessel, and the depositions in preparatorio of her master, her supercargo, and her chief engineer, which showed the following state of facts:

The Panama was a steamship of 1432 tons register; was owned by the Compania...

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