Kidd v. Flagler
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
At Law. Action by George W. Kidd and others against Benjamin Flagler, as collector of customs, to recover damages for illegal detention of imported goods. Verdict for defendant. Motion for a new trial. Statement by OOXE, District Judge: In 1884 the plaintiffs were manufacturers of distilled spirits. Their distillery was at Des Moines, Iowa. Their principal ifiace of business was at New York city.
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At Law. Action by George W. Kidd and others against Benjamin Flagler, as collector of customs, to recover damages for illegal detention of imported goods. Verdict for defendant. Motion for a new trial. Statement by OOXE, District Judge: In 1884 the plaintiffs were manufacturers of distilled spirits. Their distillery was at Des Moines, Iowa. Their principal ifiace of business was at New York city. The defendant was collector of customs at Suspension Bridge,. N. Y. The action was brought to recover damages of the defendant for detaining, for over two months, 65 puncheons of spirits belonging to…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge,
(after stating the facts.) The main question is one of law. It is this: Is a person who has, pursuant to *369law, removed property to Canada, landed it and permitted ifc to remain there for a month, entitled to bring it back to the United States on payment of the duty provided in section 2500, notwithstanding the fact that he intended when he sent the property to Canada to bring it back again to this country? Still further simplified the question is, was the plaintiff’s property exported? It is perfectly plain, if the owners’ intent as to the ultimate disposition of the…
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