Thingvalla Line v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters statement of the case: The following statement and findings were filed by the court: The claim or matter in the above-entitled case was trans-initted to the court by the Secretary of the Treasury on the 16th day of November, 1888, under the provisions of section 12 of the act of March 3, 1887, chapter 359 (24 Stat. L., 507). The claimants filed their petition November 28, 1888. The Attorney-G-eneral, by his assistant, filed a general demurrer, which we…
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The Reporters statement of the case: The following statement and findings were filed by the court: The claim or matter in the above-entitled case was trans-initted to the court by the Secretary of the Treasury on the 16th day of November, 1888, under the provisions of section 12 of the act of March 3, 1887, chapter 359 (24 Stat. L., 507). The claimants filed their petition November 28, 1888. The Attorney-G-eneral, by his assistant, filed a general demurrer, which we understand to mean, in a case of this kind, where no judgment can be entered, that the facts are admitted to be as stated in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimants were the owners and the agents respectively of the Danish steam-ship Geiser, which, having cleared from the port of Copenhagen, in Denmark, arrived in the port of New York, and upon the entry thereof at the custom-house, August 3,1888, the collector of that port collected of them the sum of $366.50 upon 733 passengers not citizens of the United States, then landed from said vessél. This was done in accordance with the requirement of the Act of August 3, 1882, chapter 376, entitled “An act to regulate immigration” (22 Stat.…
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