Chung Yune v. Kelly

Deady, D. J.

This action is brought to recover from the defendant the sum of $423.96, alleged to have been unlawfully collected by him from the plaintiff as duties on certain merchandise entered at this port by the latter. It is alleged in the complaint that on September 20, 1879, the plaintiff entered at the custom-house in Portland 148 boxes of merchandise," weighing 11,684 pounds, of the value of $367.20, as sago flour, an article exempt from duty under the laws of the United States, upon which the defendant, as collector of said port, imposed and collected a duty of $423.96, which the…