Origet v. Hedden
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action seasonably brought by Arthur Origet against Edward L. Hedden, then collector of the port of New York, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, to recover an alleged excess of duty exacted by the collector upon goods imported by plaintiff on February 8, 9, 17, and 23, 1886, • (the last two importations being by steamships Oregon and…
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EEEOE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action seasonably brought by Arthur Origet against Edward L. Hedden, then collector of the port of New York, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, to recover an alleged excess of duty exacted by the collector upon goods imported by plaintiff on February 8, 9, 17, and 23, 1886, • (the last two importations being by steamships Oregon and Chicago, respectively,) and paid under protest. The invoice and entered value of each of the four importations were…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
1. Certain rulings of the court in respect of the exclusion of evidence are complained of, but we fail to discover any error therein.
In reference to the first two importations, plaintiff’s manager was asked what he said to the assistant appraiser as to the production of evidence of the value of the goods, and what the conversation was which he had with the collector about a reappraisal or a call for a reappraisal. The objections of the district attorney were that the importer’s remedy for any defect or informality was to call for a reappraisement, and that the protest was insufficient.…
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