Sinn v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. [This was an action by the United States against Samuel Sinn and others. From a verdict in the district court in favor of the United States (case unreported), error was brought.]
1Opinion of the Court
WAITE, Circuit Justice.
Section 2841 of -the Revised Statutes, which was in force when the seizure in this case was made, as section 4 of the act of March 1, 1823 (3 Stat. 730), provides, that, whenever merchandise imported into the United States is entered by invoice, one of three prescribed oaths, according to the nature of the case, shall be administered by the collector of the port, at the time of the entry, to the owner, importer, consignee, or agent. The first is the oath of a consignee, importer, or agent; the second, that of an owner, in cases where merchandise has been actually…
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