Supreme Court of the United States March 14, 1810 (The Chesapeake Insurance Company v. Stark)

Marshall, Ch. J.

delivered the opinion of the court as follows:

On the principal question in this case the cpurt can entertain no doubt.' On the capture of the'Minerva, the right to abandon was complete, and this right was exercised during her detention.

The objections to the form of .the abandonment are not 'deemed substantial.