Mason v. Kane
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
This action was instituted on the 22d of October, 1850 [by David Mason and John E. Tullis], against [George P. Kane] the collector of the port of Baltimore, for the recovery of duties paid under protest The facts sufficiently appear from the following statement of facts, agreed on by the counsel in the cause, and the opinion of the court.
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This action was instituted on the 22d of October, 1850 [by David Mason and John E. Tullis], against [George P. Kane] the collector of the port of Baltimore, for the recovery of duties paid under protest The facts sufficiently appear from the following statement of facts, agreed on by the counsel in the cause, and the opinion of the court. Statement of facts: (1) It is admitted, that the plaintiffs are residents of Savannah la Mer, Jamaica, and aliens, and owners of the pimento, mentioned in the above case; and that Spence & Reid, merchants of Baltimore, were the consignees of said pimento,…
1Opinion of the Court
TANEY, Circuit Justice.
This suit is brought against the collector of the port of Baltimore, to recover certain duties, which the plaintiffs allege were overcharged upon a cargo of pimento, imported from Savannah la Mer, in Jamaica. The official appraisers, acting under positive directions from the secretary of the treasury, estimated the value of this pimento much higher than that in the invoice; and upon a reference to merchant appraisers, although they valued it lower than the officers of the government had previously done; yet, the price at which they assessed it, exceeded the invoice…
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