Stewart v. Barnes
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shieas
This was an action of assumpsit brought by John Stewart against Benjamin H. Barnes, executor of William H. Barnes, deceased, late collector of internal revenue, to recover the sum of $250.40, alleged to have been unlawfully collected from the plaintiff as internal revenue taxes on distilled spirits, with interest from June 26, 1869. The action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on April 25, 1887, and was thence removed by the defendant, by certiorari, into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where the…
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