Hilton v. Merritt
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OE NEW T vRK. This .was a suit brought by the plaintiffs in error, who were plaintiffs in the Circuit Court, to recover the sum of $1,037.40, an alleged excess of duties exacted'by the defendant as collect- or of customs at the port of New York, on two cases of' kid gloves imported by plaintiffs from Paris, France, in the steamer Mosel, in June, 1878. The complaint alleged that .the plaintiffs made…
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OE NEW T vRK. This .was a suit brought by the plaintiffs in error, who were plaintiffs in the Circuit Court, to recover the sum of $1,037.40, an alleged excess of duties exacted'by the defendant as collect- or of customs at the port of New York, on two cases of' kid gloves imported by plaintiffs from Paris, France, in the steamer Mosel, in June, 1878. The complaint alleged that .the plaintiffs made due protest at the time of paying such excessive duties, and made due and timely appeal to the Secretary of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
It appears from the bill of exceptions found in the record that the withdrawal entry of the packages on which the duty occasioning this controversy arose, was made October 23d, 1878. The local appraiser made and reported to the collector his appraisement of the goods. The importers being dissatisfied therewith, demanded a reappraisement according to law, which was allowed, and a merchant appraiser appointed to be associated with one of the general appraisers.
The merchant appraiser made an appraisement of the standard gloves at 42 francs per dozen, and of the invoice at 16,613.10 francs, which…
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