Hartranft v. Oliver
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The court stated the case as follows: In 1883 the plaintiffs were merchants in the city of Philadelphia, and during that, year they imported from Leghorn, Italy, by the bark Pellegra Madre, 155 cases of salad olive oil, and ten cases of lamp oliye oil. . The bark arrived at the port of Philadelphia on Saturday, the 30th of June, 1883, and was entered at the custom-house of that port…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The court stated the case as follows: In 1883 the plaintiffs were merchants in the city of Philadelphia, and during that, year they imported from Leghorn, Italy, by the bark Pellegra Madre, 155 cases of salad olive oil, and ten cases of lamp oliye oil. . The bark arrived at the port of Philadelphia on Saturday, the 30th of June, 1883, and was entered at the custom-house of that port between the hours of one and two in the afternoon. It was not practicable on that day after that time to remove the cases…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The duties exacted by the collector, and paid by the importers, who were plaintiffs below, were imposed, by a clause in § 2504, Title 33 of the.Revised Statutes, 2d ed. p. 478. As the vessel, in., which they were' brought, arrived at the port of Philadelphia, and.ivas entered at the custom-house on the 30th of June, 1883, they would be deemed imported on that day, so as to be subject to the duties • thus prescribed, were it not for. provisions in. the act of March 3, 1883, and the custody taken of the vessel and goods by an officer of the custom-house, on the day of its arrival "in port, and…
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