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UNITED STATES v. AMES

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99 U.S. 35 (1879)

25 L.Ed. 295

UNITED STATES, v. AMES.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 3, 1879.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.S. Mansfield and Mr. G.A. Somerby for the appellant.

Mr. George O. Shattuck and Mr. Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., contra.

MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Judicial cognizance of prize cases is derived from that article of the Constitution which ordains that the judicial power shall extend to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; and the district courts for many years exercised jurisdiction in such cases without any other authority from Congress than what was conferred by the ninth section of the Judiciary Act, which gave those courts exclusive original...

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