Cooper v. Dobson
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the circuit court of the united states for the' EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
This was an action brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by the firm of John and James Dobson against the collector of customs, to recover an alleged excess of tariff duties paid under protest. ~
The controversy was over the character of merchandise imported by the plaintiffs and claimed by them to be free from duty, but which was appraised by the officers of the government as subject to duty at the rate of ten cents a pound.
The question involves a construction of the tariff act of March 3, 1883, c. 120, 22'Stat. 487. The importers claim…
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