Balfour v. Sullivan

This is a suit to recover of defendant the sum of $180, collected as duties on 11,850 grain bags, which collection of duties is claimed to be unlawful. The grain bags had been manufactured by Detrick & Co., manufacturers of bags, at San Francisco, out of material of foreign production, upon which, the importers had paid the proper duties. The bags were stamped, “Detriek—Drawback Bight Beserved,”. and sold to grain producers of the state of California. These bags having been purchased by the grain growers, and filled with wheat produced in California, were, with their contents, after-wards…