Arnson v. Murphy
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
This suit was commenced in May, 1879, in a State court of New York, by Bernhard Arnson and Ellis Wilzinski, against Thomas Murphy, and removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District ©f New York, to recover moneys paid to the defendant, as collector of the port" of New York, between April 25, 1871, and November 30, 1871, as duties on several importations of nitro-benzole. The defendant set.up, in his .answer, that the moneys received were for lawful duties, and also pleaded the six years’ limitation' of the New York statute. The suit was tried, resulting in a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cheatham v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Arnson v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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