In Re Fassett
Supreme Court of the United States
ORIGINAL. The collector of customs at the port of New York seized a British built steam pleasure yacht, purchased in England by a citizen of the United States, and duly entered at that port, the seizure being for the alleged reason that the vessel was liable to duty as an imported article.
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ORIGINAL. The collector of customs at the port of New York seized a British built steam pleasure yacht, purchased in England by a citizen of the United States, and duly entered at that port, the seizure being for the alleged reason that the vessel was liable to duty as an imported article. Her owner filed a libel in admiralty against her and the collector in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, claiming the delivery of the vessel to him and damages against the collector. Under process from the court the vessel was attached and taken possession of by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchfoed
On the 7th of May, 1891, Frederick W. Yanderbilt, a native-born citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, purchased in England, from one Bailey, who was her registered owner, a sea-going, schooner-rigged, screw steamship, called the Conqueror, built at Glasgow, Scotland, of- the gross tonnage of 371.91 tons, ■ designed, intended and constructed to navigate the high seas* not in the conveyance of passengers or merchandise for hire, but as a pleasure yacht only, which was the only use to which she ever had been put, or was intended to be put, by the purchaser. Bailey…
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