Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. Catskill & N. Y. Steamboat Co.

ADAMS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the clerk’s taxation of the respondent’s costs. The cause arose out of a salvage proceeding in personam, in which there was an admission by the respondent of some liability, and $105 were paid into court at the time of filing the answer; $100 being designed to Cover the liability, and $5 to cover the clerk’s fees for receiving and paying out the money, as well as the fees for filing the libel. No docket fee was tendered or paid into court. The tender of $100 was determined to be suíficiént to' cover the salvage claim, and the question now arises…