Cornell Steamboat Co. v. 1,883 Bags of Sugar

THOMAS, District Judge.

This action is for compensation for salving a cargo of sugar awaiting discharge in the Erie Basin, meantime exposed to injury or destruction by fire. The duty had been paid, subject to correction of weights upon landing, and subject to repayment if the sugar were destroyed before landing. Rev. tit IT. H. § 2984; Customs Regulations, art. 1236; 4 Treas. Dec., No. 10, p. 5, No. 22,847. Upon the trial the court stated that the salvor should be allowed a sum equal to 10 per centum of the value of the sugar; and the question reserved was whether such value was $12,215.50,…