Marriott v. Brune
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. , It was an action of assurr>psit brought by F. W. Bruñe & Sons against William H. Marriott, the collector of the port of Baltimore, to recover hack certain duties upon importations of sugar and molasses, which, it was alleged, had- been illegally charged, and paid under protest.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. , It was an action of assurr>psit brought by F. W. Bruñe & Sons against William H. Marriott, the collector of the port of Baltimore, to recover hack certain duties upon importations of sugar and molasses, which, it was alleged, had- been illegally charged, and paid under protest. The importations were made in various vessels, and at various times, between the 2d of February, 1847, and the 4th of November, 1848. On the 3d of February, 1847; the Secretary of the Treasury…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
The plaintiff in error in this case seeks to reverse a judgment below, which enabled the Bruñes, as importers of certain sugars into Baltimore, to recover back from the collector a supposed excess-of duties, which had been paid upon, them. In some of the cargoes there was a small quantity of molasses, but both are regarded as resting on the same basis. The points involved are three in number.
1. What should be the true amount of duties in this case under our revenue system, looking to the general legislation on the subject, and to the nature of the transaction ?
2. Whether the result which may…
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