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Jennings v. The Perseverance

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Majority
  
Paterson

End date
  
1797

Concurrence
  
Chase

Full case name
  
Jennings, et al., Plaintiffs in Error v. The Brig Perseverance, et al.

Citations
  
3 U.S. 336 (more) 1 L. Ed. 625; 1797 U.S. LEXIS 200; 3 Dall. 336

Jennings v. The Perseverance, 3 U.S. 336 (1797), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that: "The decision in Wiscart v. Dauchy, (3 P. 321,) confirmed. An objection that counsel fees were allowed in the court below as part of the damages, can not be entertained unless the fact appears by the record. If a prize is sold by agreement, and the money stopped in the hands of the marshal, by a third person, not a party to the agreement, increased damages are not allowed, but only interest on the debt.."

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