Carter v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Claimant was collector of the United States port of Falmouth and Portland from May, 1853, to-April 1,1857. From August, 1855, to March 31,1857, he collected, and, by the direction of the Commissioner of Customs, credited to. the United States certain moneys received by him as collector, for storage of imported dutiable merchandise in private bonded warehouses, imported and stored therein prior to the payment of the legal duties thereon, of which he claimed to retain, as part…
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Claimant was collector of the United States port of Falmouth and Portland from May, 1853, to-April 1,1857. From August, 1855, to March 31,1857, he collected, and, by the direction of the Commissioner of Customs, credited to. the United States certain moneys received by him as collector, for storage of imported dutiable merchandise in private bonded warehouses, imported and stored therein prior to the payment of the legal duties thereon, of which he claimed to retain, as part of his official compensation, the sum of $2,000 per year, if so much should he realized and collected by him In any one…
1Opinion of the CourtTorino, J.
In this action, brought April 20, 1869, the petitioner claims the sum of $2,739 51. And the court finds the facts to be—
1. That the petitioner was collector of customs for Falmouth and Portland from May, 1853, to May, 1857.
2. During the year 1855 he collected the sum of $1,049 51, and in the year 1856 he collected the sum of $1,690, for the care and custody in bonded warehouses of imported goods.
3. That in his quarterly accounts rendered to the Treasury Department, he credited those sums to the United States, as follows: The sum of $1,049 51 as received “ for storage of merchandise,” and…
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