Legal Opinion

Dumont v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 11, 1878No. 50PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This is an action against the surety upon an ordinary bond for duties, given at the time of importation, upon the estimated amount, before the duties were regularly liquidated. The estimated duties, based on the invoice shown by the importer, were $425; and the condition of the bond was, that within one year the importer should pay to the collector $425, or the amount of the duties which should be ascertained to be due, or should within three years withdraw and export them, or transport them to a Pacific port. About a month after importation the goods were withdrawn by the importer, upon…

2Cited by35 opinions

  1. Gaynor's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  2. Marble v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  3. People v. GenoveseNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
  4. Chattanooga, R. & C. R. v. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
  5. Oklahoma Light & Power Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923

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