Jennings v. The Perseverance

Jennings v. The Perseverance
Argued February 10, 1797
Decided February 13, 1797
Full case name Jennings, et al., Plaintiffs in Error v. The Brig Perseverance, et al.
Citations 3 U.S. 336 (more)
3 Dall. 336; 1 L. Ed. 625; 1797 U.S. LEXIS 200
Court membership
Chief Justice
Oliver Ellsworth
Associate Justices
James Wilson · William Cushing
James Iredell · William Paterson
Samuel Chase
Case opinions
Majority Paterson
Concurrence Chase

Jennings v. The Perseverance, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 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.."[1]

References

  1. ↑ Reports of decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: with notes, and a digest, Volume 1 (Little, Brown, and Co., 1870) pg. 251 https://books.google.com/books?id=NEQPAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
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