Case Name: Bain, et. al. Appellants, versus, Schooner Speedwell, et. al. Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1784-05
Citations: 2 Dall. 40
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bain, et. al. Appellants, versus, Schooner Speedwell, et. al. Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 40–40

Head Matter:
May Session, 1784.
Bain, et. al. Appellants, versus, Schooner Speedwell, et. al. Appellees.
THIS was an appeal from the Admiralty of the State of Rhode Island, where the Schooner had been condemned as prize; and the record was submitted to the decision of the Court, without argument. On the 24th of May, 1784, GRIFFIN, READ, and LOWELL, the presiding Commissioners, delivered the following judgment:

Opinion:
BY THE COURT.
It appearing, by the inspection of the record, that the Schooner in question, was captured from the British, since the operation of the preliminary articles of peace, (to wit, on the day of ) the condemnation cannot be sustained.
Decree reversed.