The Alta
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. In the libel of information filed by the appellant in the court below it is alleged that the barkentine in question “is a foreign vessel, of foreign build and manufacture, of 1289 tons net, which your informant believes, having been informed, that she was made and manufactured in Glasgow, Scotland,” and that she entered the port of Port Gamble, Wash., on the 17th day…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. In the libel of information filed by the appellant in the court below it is alleged that the barkentine in question “is a foreign vessel, of foreign build and manufacture, of 1289 tons net, which your informant believes, having been informed, that she was made and manufactured in Glasgow, Scotland,” and that she entered the port of Port Gamble, Wash., on the 17th day of April, 1903, having come from the port of Manila, Philippine Islands, by the way of British Columbia, and was, on the…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
Section 4219 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2848] provides as follows:
“Sec. 4219. (Upon vessels which shall be entered at any custom-house In the United States, from any foreign port or place, there shall be paid the respective duties following: On vessels of the United States, thirty cents a ton; on vessels built within the United States, but belonging wholly or in part to subjects of foreign powers, sixty cents per ton; on foreign vessels entered in the United States from any foreign port to and with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to enter…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The MerrittSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- United States v. JenkinsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1838
- The San Jose IndianoU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1814
- United States v. The MirandaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1891
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bowman v. AndresCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1935
- Dant & Russell, Inc. v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
- Gerradin v. United Fruit Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1931
- United States v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1906