Hadden v. Merritt
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a suit to recover back duties alleged to have been illegally exacted. The facts are stated in the. opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
This was an action brought by plaintiffs in error against the Collector of the Port of New York, to recover an excess of duties, alleged to have been illegally exacted and paid under protest. A verdict was returned for the defendant under instructions to that effect by the court, and judgment rendered accordingly. To this ruling of the court exceptions were duly taken, and it is now assigned for error.
The plaintiffs’ case was this: In the year 1879 they imported from China several invoices of merchandise, subject to an ad valorem duty, the value of which was stated in the invoices in Mexican…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cramer v. ArthurSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
3Cited by35 opinions
- Barr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Barr v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1943
- Gothic Watch Co. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1947
- United States v. KlingenbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Hampton v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1927
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