United States v. The Neptune

27 F. Cas. 89, 3 Am. Law Reg. 48

Opinion

GILES, District Judge,

decided that the said penalties could only be recovered by an action of debt on the common law side of the court, and not by libel; and that the .penalties were personal, and there was no lien on the vessel, and no remedy in rem, to enforce them.

Decree affirmed on both points, on appeal, by the circuit court. Taney, Circuit Justice. [Case unreported.]