North American Commercial Co. v. United States

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The schooner Louis Olsen was on November 25, 1895, condemned as forfeited to the United States, for having, on September 2, 1895, killed fur seals within the prohibited zone of 60 miles around Pribilov Islands, in violation of tbe act of congress approved April 6, 1894. Under tbe decree of condemnation, the schooner was sold, and the proceeds of the sale were paid into the registry of the court. On December 9, 1895, the North American Commercial Company filed its libel of intervention against the vessel and the proceeds, alleging that in July, 1894, at the port of Dutch…