Downs v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
OEBTIOEAEI TO THE' 0IB0ÜIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH ' CIRCUIT. This was a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, which itself affirmed the action of the board of general appraisers, holding a cargo of refined sugar imported into Baltimore from Russia subject to a countervailing duty leviable upon merchandise upon which a bounty is paid upon- exportation.- The…
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OEBTIOEAEI TO THE' 0IB0ÜIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH ' CIRCUIT. This was a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, which itself affirmed the action of the board of general appraisers, holding a cargo of refined sugar imported into Baltimore from Russia subject to a countervailing duty leviable upon merchandise upon which a bounty is paid upon- exportation.- The proceedings were instituted by a petition filed in the Circuit Court setting up the importation of sugar on the steamship…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beowit
This case involves the. single question whether, under the laws and regulations of Russia, a. bounty is allowed upon the export of sugar which subjects such sugar, upon its importation into the-TJnited States, to an additional duty equal to the entire amount of such bounty; under the act of Congress óf July 24, 1897, 30 Stat. 205, which reads as follows:
“ Seo. 5. That whenever any country, dependency, or colony shall pay or bestow, directly or indirectly, any bounty or grant upon the exportation of any article or merchandise from such country, dependency, or colony, and such article or…
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