Stone v. Lawder
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
S. M. Lawder & Sons, fruit importers, during the year 1897 imported a number of cargoes of pineapples in bulk from Governor’s Harbor, B. W. L, to the port of Baltimore. On the discharge of the cargoes it was found that a number of the pineapples were decayed, and that they had gone into what the customs officers called “slush,” having thereby entirely lost their commercial value. The collector assessed duty on the entire amount of the pineapples, no matter as to the condition they were in when they were brought into the port. The importers protested, claiming that they…
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- The United States, in Error v. Horace Southmayd and Stephen C. SouthmaydSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Lawrence v. CaswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- United States v. NashU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1869
- Weaver & Sterry, Ltd. v. SaltonstallU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1889
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