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Case No. 13,470.

STODDARD v. READ.

[2 Dall. 40.]1

Circuit Court, D. Pennsylvania.

May Term, 1783.

PRIZE—PERISHING CONDITION OF VESSEL—SALE.

[This was an appeal in admiralty by Stoddard against Read and the schooner Squirrel and cargo.]

On motion of the appellant's counsel, before an appearance filed on behalf of the appellee, stating that the prize schooner was in a perishing condition, it was ordered:

BY THE COURT. That the schooner, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder, for the use of those to whom the same shall be finally decreed.

1 [Reported by A. J. Dallas, Esq.]

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