Cocke v. E. P. Calkin & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Writ of Error from Galveston County. The record in this case shows, that on the 80th day of January, 1846, the defendants in error brought into the city of Galveston from the city of New Orleans a quantity of merchandise, the original cost of which was about $4,500, principally the growth and manufacture of the United States; that James II.
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Writ of Error from Galveston County. The record in this case shows, that on the 80th day of January, 1846, the defendants in error brought into the city of Galveston from the city of New Orleans a quantity of merchandise, the original cost of which was about $4,500, principally the growth and manufacture of the United States; that James II. Cocke, the plaintiff in_ error, claiming to act as collector of the customs at Galveston, under the laws of the republic of Texas, seized and took into his possession the whole of said merchandise for the non-payment of the duties which he alleged to be…
1Opinion of the CourtHempiiill, C. J.
The principal question in this case and the duly one discussed is, as to the time when the right of Texas to collect import duties under the revenue laws of the republic ceased to exist. The importations by the defendants in error’were made on the 30th of January, 1846; and it is contended by the plaintiff in this court, that all goods introduced before the 16th of February, 1846, the day of the organization of the state government, were chargeable with duties, in accordance with the laws of the republic regulating duties on imports; and by the defendants in error, that these laws became null…
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