Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1806
..... and for the district where the seizure shall be made." the condition of the bond, stated in the plea, corresponded exactly with that required by the 2d section of the act. the 70th section of the act of 2 march, 1799, vol. 4, p. 390, makes it the duty of the several officers of the customs, to seize any vessel liable to seizure, ..... united states, vol. 1, p. 63. the only question which could be made in this court was upon the construction of the act of congress, of june 13, 1798, vol. 4, p. 129, commonly called the nonintercourse act, the 1st section of which is in these words: "that no ship or vessel, owned, hired, or employed page 7 u. s. 501 wholly ..... sale and transfer to a foreigner. thomas knox, administrator, with the will annexed, of raapzat heyleger, a subject of the king of denmark, brought an action of trespass vi et armis in the supreme court of judicature of the state of new york against joshua sands, collector of the customs for the port of new york, for seizing and detaining a .....
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