Oldfield v. Marriott
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ -of error, from the Circuit Court of' the United States for the District of Maryland. It was an action brought by Oldfield against Marriott, who was the cdllector of the port of Baltimore, to recover .back the amount of duties paid under protest upon an importation of coffee in a Portuguese vessel from . Rio Janeiro. On the 26th of August, 1840, a treaty was made between the. United.
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This case was brought up, by writ -of error, from the Circuit Court of' the United States for the District of Maryland. It was an action brought by Oldfield against Marriott, who was the cdllector of the port of Baltimore, to recover .back the amount of duties paid under protest upon an importation of coffee in a Portuguese vessel from . Rio Janeiro. On the 26th of August, 1840, a treaty was made between the. United. States and Portugal (8 Stat. at-Large, 560), the second article of which provided that “ vessels' of the UniteStates of America arriving, either laden or in ballast, in the ports…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
delivered thé opinion of the court.
This cause was tried and decided in the Circuit Court, upon a. statement of facts made by the parties.
The question arising from it is, whether or not the vessels of Portugal are within that clause of the act of the. 30th of July, 1846, to reduce duties on imports, in which, it is said coffee and tea are exempt from duty when imported direct from the place of their growth or production in American vessels, or in foreign vessels entitled by reciprocal treatiés to be exempt from discriminating duties, tonnage, and other charges.
It is contended that Portuguese…
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