Case Name: MURGATROYD v. McLURE
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1800-04
Citations: 17 F. Cas. 1026
Docket Number: 
Parties: MURGATROYD v. McLURE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 17
Pages: 1026–1026

Head Matter:
Case No. 9,943.
MURGATROYD v. McLURE.
[4 Dall. 342.]
Circuit Court, D. Pennsylvania.
April Term, 1800.
Prize — Condemnation in Foreign Court— Replevin.
Replevin, for the ship Mt. Vernon. The defendant claimed property, under a capture and condemnation as prize; in the French court of prizes, established at the city of St. Domingo, in the island of St. Domingo, under the circumstances stated in the reports of the trials, relative to the same ship. Murga-troyd v. Crawford, 3 Dali. [3 U. S.] 491; Dun-canson v. McLure, 4 Dali. [4 U. S.] 30S.

Opinion:
CHASE, Circuit Justice,
declared, that the whole transaction, between Murgatroyd and Duncanson, was a mere cover, to evade the laws of the United States; that the former was a mere trustee for the latter; and that, having been paid the full price for the ship, he had no property, on which the replevin could be maintained.
The plaintiff suffered a non-suit