Hennequin v. Barney

Exceptions have been Sled by both parties to the findings of the referee to whom this action was referred under.an order of the court upon the consent of the parties. The action was brought to recover alleged excessive duties on “charges and commissions” exacted by the defendant, as collector of customs at the port of New York, upon importations made by the plaintiffs between March 21, 1861, and June 30, 1864. The action was commenced in a state court by the service of a summons on the defendant, April 16, 1868, and was thereupon removed to this court. The defendant pleaded (1) the general…