Andrae v. Redfield
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
[In. equity. Bill by Otto Andrae and Bern-hard Andrae, trading as Andrae & Co., and others, against Constance C. Redfield, executrix, and Frank B. Redfield, executor, of Heman J. Redfield, deceased, to enjoin the plea of the statute of limitations in certain suits pending at law. Heard on demurrer to the bill. Bill dismissed. Plaintiffs after-wards appealed to' the supreme court, and the decree was affirmed. Andreae v. Red-field, 98 U. S. 225.]
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
The bill of complaint herein is filed by the several plaintiffs in sixty separate actions at law, each brought to recover from the defendant an alleged excess of duty, illegally- exacted by the defendant while collector of the port of New York. The payment of the various amounts exacted in excess of duty is alleged to have been made under protest, by the respective plaintiffs in the actions at law, dt various dates in the years 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856 and 1857. It is not stated in the bill on what precise day the said several sixty actions at law were commenced, but it…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shapley v. . AbbottNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Ex Parte Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
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