Two Hundred & Fifty Tons of Salt Laden on Board the Schooner Barbara F. Latimer

Choate, D. J.

This is a libel inrem for freight against the cargo which the consignee has refused to accept. The marshal, in attempting to serve the process, found the cargo partly on the vessel and partly in the United States public" stores, whither it was in course of removal by the collector of the port, who had taken possession of it for the enforcement of the rights of the United States to the duties upon its importation. The process was served by a notice of the attachment delivered to the storekeeper, and by exhibiting to the collector the original process and leaving with him a copy of…