Bradley v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of tlie case: The following are the facts as found by the court: , I. August Couturie & Co. were importers and commission-merchants in Hew Orleans, La., aud during the spring of 1809 and up to Juue of that year imported iuto the port of New Orleans several cargoes of sugar, by different vessels, including amoDg them the Dexter Washburn. II.
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The Reporters' statement of tlie case: The following are the facts as found by the court: , I. August Couturie & Co. were importers and commission-merchants in Hew Orleans, La., aud during the spring of 1809 and up to Juue of that year imported iuto the port of New Orleans several cargoes of sugar, by different vessels, including amoDg them the Dexter Washburn. II. The sugars on arrival were entered, examined, appraised, weighed, and liquidated, and the duties to be paid on each box or package were ascertained and fixed by the proper revenue officers, aud stored in bonded warehouses, except…
1Opinion of the CourtBtchardson, J.
In the year 1869 a mercantile firm in New Orleans imported a large quantity of sugars, which were seized for violation of the revenue-laws on the part of the owners, and by proceedings in the district court of the United States for Louisiana were forfeited, sold, and, after deduction of the cost, expenses, and legal charges, the net proceeds were paid into the United States Treasury. No party appeared before said court as claimant to any share*of the forfeiture, either as collector, surveyor, naval officer, informer, or seizing-officer.
The Secretary of the Treasury distributed one-half the…
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