Gautier v. Arthur
Supreme Court of the United States
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 Field
delivered the opinion of the court..This is an action to recover duties paid on goods, consisting' of over eight hundred barrels of plumbago; imported into the United States by a French vessel, in July, 1873, from Cplumbo, in the Island of Ceylon.
The plaintiffs, who are the importers, claim that the goods, were exempt from duty under the fifth section of the act of June 6, 1872, c.'315 (17 Stat. 233), “to reduce duties on' imports,” which places plumbago on the free list, and exempts. its importation from duty after the 1st of August of that year.' The Collector held that the goods were…
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