Benziger v. Robertson
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the circuit court of the united states for the SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action at law to recover back duties alleged to have been illegally exacted. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff sued out tbis writ of error. The case is. stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
This is an action at law, commenced in a court of the state of New York, and removed into the Circuit Court 'of the United States for the Southern District of' New. York, brought by the firm of Benziger Brothers against the collector of the port of New York, to recover back duties alleged to have been illegally exacted on importations made into the port of New York, in 1881, of articles which were entered as “ rosaries.” The duty exacted was 50 per cent ad valorem, under Schedule “M” of § 2504 of the Revised Statutes, 2d ed., p. 473, which provides for that rate of duty on “ all beads and-…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Arthur v. SussfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Wolff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895
- Vandegrift v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1927