Legal Opinion

Drew v. Grinnell

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 23, 1885No. 44PublishedCited by 14 opinions

IN error to the circuit court of the united states for THE SOUTHERN -DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.'

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford

This action was brought by the plaintiffs in error, against the collector of the port of New York, to recover $17.50 as duties illegally exacted on an importation of merchandise into New York, from Liverpool, England, in 1869. At .the trial, in 1881, the defendants, executors of the collector, had a verdict, on which there was a judgment in their favor, to review which this writ of error .is brought. The question involved arose under § 8. of the act of June 30,1864, ch. 171, 13 Stat. 210, which provided that, on and after the 1st of July, 1864, in lieu of the duties theretofore imposed- by…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Kenyon Co. v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1913
  2. Vantine v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1913
  3. United States v. Linen Thread Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1925
  4. Earnshaw v. CadwaladerSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Hensel v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1915

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