Merritt v. One Package of Merchandise

Three of the proceedings above named are proceedings in rem, instituted by Israel J. Merritt, against a quantity of merchandise, being part of the cargo of the steam-ship Oregon, which steamer, having-been in collision, was sunk in the sea outside the territorial limits of the United States, and was there abandoned. The cargo in question was, by means of divers, rescued from the steamer as she lay on the bottom in deep water of the sea, and was brought by the libelant into the port of New York. No owner appeared to claim the property, nor was the owner known. These proceedings were therefore…