Vanderbilt v. Conqueror
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the owner to recover possession of the yacht Conqueror, held by the collector of customs for non-payment of duties.
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, District Judge.
On September 1,1891, the libelant brought the above possessory action against J. Sloat Passett, collector at this port, to recover possession of his yacht, the Conqueror, which the collector had taken and held in his custody on the claim that she was subject to customs duties. The authority of the court to proceed in the matter being denied, the marshal, under an alias process, and the explicit order of the court, under its general powers and section 934, Rev. St., took the yacht out of the possession of the officers of customs into his exclusive custody; and…
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