This is practically a libel in personam for the salvage of government property, viz., of $6,000 duties collected by the Government upon a cargo of sugar saved from loss by fire, while on board a lighter in the harbor of New York.
The claim is prosecuted under what is known as the Tucker Act, 24 Stat. 505; Compiled Stat...
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