Farwell v. Spalding

Blodgett, J.,

(orally.) The plaintiff in this case imported a quantity of goods by way of the port of New York, from whence they came under bond to the port of Chicago, and within a year after their arrival in Chicago, but more than a year after their arrival at the Atlantic port, plaintiffs offered to pay the duties and charges, but the customs officers here assessed an additional duty of 10 per cent, on the amount of iuties and charges due thereon. Heyl, pt. 1, p. 57, § 2970. The plaintiff paid this added duty under protest, and now brings suit to recover the same.

The law under which it was…