Dale v. Redfield

BlatcheoRd, Justice.

About the year 1860 one Alfred Douglas, Jr., who was then a merchant in the city of New York, became satisfied that certain exactions made by various collectors of customs for duties and fees were excessive, and could be recovered back. Thereafter, he, at his own instance, in connection with one Earl Douglas, entered into a contract or contracts with several hundred merchants, including the plaintiffs in these two suits, whereby the said Douglases agreed to endeavor to establish, by legal decisions or otherwise, that such exactions were illegal, and to recover back the…