Case Name: The FREE TRADER
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1857-07
Citations: 9 F. Cas. 769
Docket Number: Case No. 5,091
Parties: The FREE TRADER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 9
Pages: 769–769

Head Matter:
Case No. 5,091.
The FREE TRADER.
[1 Brown, Adm. 72.]
District Court, N. D. Ohio.
July, 1857.
[Reported by Hon. Henry B. Brown. District Judge, and here reprinted by permission.]

Opinion:
WILLSON, District Judge.
The act of congress of 1853 [10 Sta.t 161], in relation to the fees of the marshal for keeping vessels and other property, is perfectly clear'. The marshal is, by this law, entitled to receive from the fund in court the actual necessary expenses he has paid, or obligated himself to pay, and no more. His claim is like any other claim or lien on the fund in court; it must be established by vouchers or otherwise to the satisfaction of the court, and cannot be paid except by order of the same. Let the claim for ship-keeper's fees be referred to the clerk to compute the amount paid by the marshal for keeping the schooner.