Buttfield v. Stranahan
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT' OF NEW YORK. This case presents for determination the question of the constitutionality of a statute known as the tea inspection, act, approved March 2, 1897, 29 Stat, 604. The act is copied in full in the margin.1 On January. 20, 1902, eight packages of tea were imported into the port of New York, per the steamer Adana, by a firm of which the plaintiff in error was the general partner.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT' OF NEW YORK. This case presents for determination the question of the constitutionality of a statute known as the tea inspection, act, approved March 2, 1897, 29 Stat, 604. The act is copied in full in the margin.1 On January. 20, 1902, eight packages of tea were imported into the port of New York, per the steamer Adana, by a firm of which the plaintiff in error was the general partner. The tea was entered for import at the New York custom-house, and was stored in a bonded warehouse. At that time certain standards,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice White,
after making the foregoing statement,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The assignments of error assail the act of the trial court in denying the motion for the direction of a. verdict in favor of plaintiff and in giving a peremptory instruction, in favor of the defendant. Summarized, the contentions are as follows: 1, that the act of March 2, 1897, confers authority to establish standards, and that such power is, legislative and cannot constitutionally Be.delegated by Congrass to administrative officers ; 2, that the plaintiff in error had a vested right to engage as a…
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