Hills v. Ross

Hills et al. v. Ross, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 184 (1796), is an early United States Supreme Court case determining that the Supreme Court held:

Hills et al. v. Ross
Supreme Court of the United States
Full case name	Hills et al. v. Ross
Citations	3 U.S. 184 (more) 3 Dall. 184
Holding
one partner's plea may be a legally appearance for all partners, and prize agents may be liable to the owners of captured property if restitution is decreed

A plea in the admiralty by one partner, in behalf of himself and his copartners, the rejoinder being signed by a proctor for all the defendants, amounts to a legal appearance of all the defendants.

Prize agents, who receive the proceeds of sales of prizes, and pay them over to the proctors without an order of the court, are responsible to the owners of the captured property for the net amounts so received by them, in case restitution is decreed.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 3
• Hills et al. v. Ross II

External links

• Text of Hills v. Ross, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 184 (1796) is available from: Justia Library of Congress OpenJurist