Legal Opinion

Stone v. Whitridge, White & Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 14, 1904No. 518PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. This appeal was brought by William F. Stone, collector of customs at the port of Baltimore, from an affirmance of a decision of the Board of General Appraisers (In re Whitridge, G. A. 5110 — T. D. 23,632), which reversed the collector’s assessment of duty on certain merchandise imported by Whitridge, White & Co.

1Opinion of the Court

BOYD, District Judge.

The facts in this case are substantially as follows: Stone, the appellant, is collector of customs for the district and port of Baltimore, Md. In June, 1900, Whitridge, White & Co., the appellees, imported from India into the port of Baltimore a cargo of gunny bagging. The gunnies were. purchased by the importers at Calcutta, and were invoiced in rupees,, which is a silver coin of India. The Barrowmore, in which the gunnies were brought into this country, arrived in Baltimore on the 18th of June, 1900, and the goods were entered for consumption on that day. On the nth of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cramer v. ArthurSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. United States v. KlingenbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Hadden v. MerrittSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  4. The Collector v. RichardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  5. United States v. Lucius Beebe & SonsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1903

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Geo. S. Bush & Co. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1949
  2. United States v. Kurtz, Stuböeck & Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1914
  3. United States v. ParkhurstCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1924
  4. A. S. Rosenthal Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  5. Robertson v. United States ex rel. BaffCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1922

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