Freight on prize cargo
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From 14 U.S. 159 - The Antonia Johanna · 1816Most cited · 2 citing opinions
By the capture, the captors are substituted in lieu of the original owners, and they take the property cum onere. They are, therefore, responsible for the freight which then attached upon the property, of which the sentence of condemnation ascertains them to be the rightful owners succeeding to the former proprietors.