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REPORTS

OF

Cases Argued and Determined

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF

THE TERRITORY OF DAKOTA,

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO AND INCLUDING

THE DECEMBER TERM, 1877.

DECEMBER TERM, 1867.

PRESENT:

Hon. Ara Bartlett, Chief Justice.

Hon. Jefferson P. Kidder,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
		Associate Justices.
Hon. John W. Boyle,

United States v. Steam Boat Cora.*^[1]

1. LIBEL: filing: seizure under. The libel must aver a seizure of the boat by an officer named in the statute* for that purpose, before the same is filed.

2. BOND: receiving property under: waiver. The claimant waived no right in regard to the defense set up by receiving the property on bond. To give the court jurisdiction the statute must be strictly followed.

1. This is the first written opinion delivered by the Supreme Court of this Territory. Reporter.