United States v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was an action of debt brought originally in the District Court, for the District of Pennsylvania, by the States, against John Goodwin, for 15,000 dollars, as a penalty for not entering goods agreeably to the jirime cost, at the place of exportation, with intent to dereyenue- The judgment,of the District Court, which was in favor of the United States, was, upon ai wri^ Error’ reversed in the Circuit Court ,* andthereUpbn the United States sued out the present writ of…
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THIS was an action of debt brought originally in the District Court, for the District of Pennsylvania, by the States, against John Goodwin, for 15,000 dollars, as a penalty for not entering goods agreeably to the jirime cost, at the place of exportation, with intent to dereyenue- The judgment,of the District Court, which was in favor of the United States, was, upon ai wri^ Error’ reversed in the Circuit Court ,* andthereUpbn the United States sued out the present writ of Error to this Court. A doubt having been suggested, whether this Court could take jurisdiction by writ of. Error, in a…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, J.
This case stands upon a Writ of error to the Circuit Court, for the District of Pennsylvania. By the record, it appears, that an action of debt was brought, in the name of the United States, against the Defendant in error, in the District Court of Pennsylvania; in which judgment was rendered for the United States. On a. writ of error to the Circuit Court for that District, that judgment was reversed; and upon like process, the cause has been brought into this Court, for re-examination. A rule, has been obtained by the Defendant in error, upon the United States, to show cause why the writ of…
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