United States Court of Claims December 1, 1913 (Eaton v. United States)

Howry, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The record presents a new question. Its novelty demands a full exposition of the court’s views. The demand is for the value of a vessel and its freight and arises under the act known by the generic name of French Spoliation Claims, 23 Stats., 283.

The brig Betsey sailed from Edenton, N. C., bound for the Swedish island of St. Bartholomew.