United States v. Graff
New York Supreme Court
THE defendant appeals from so much of the order made by the Special Term at Chambers as denied his motion to vacate an attachment issued against his property in this action, and directed the sheriff to open a safe of the Mercantile Trust Company, and a tin box, in which it was claimed he had property and securities on deposit.
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THE defendant appeals from so much of the order made by the Special Term at Chambers as denied his motion to vacate an attachment issued against his property in this action, and directed the sheriff to open a safe of the Mercantile Trust Company, and a tin box, in which it was claimed he had property and securities on deposit. The Mercantile Trust Company appeals from so much of such order as directs the sheriff to open the safe and tin box and take from them, and keep, the property and evidences of debt liable to attachment found therein; and the plaintiff appeals from the part of the order…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Daniels, J.
This action was brought for the recovery of a sum of money claimed to be due *306and owing to the plaintiff for duties unpaid on silks imported from a foreign country into the United States, by the defendant. It was strenuously insisted, in support of his appeal, that the court had no jurisdiction over the case, by reason of its supposed want of authority to enforce the laws of the government of the United States. How far such an objection should be allowed to extend it is not necessary to determine in this case. For, the primary object of this action is not simply to…
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