Astor 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 Avas a suit .to recover back duties alleged to have been illegally exacted on the Avearing apparel of a passenger -entering at the port of NeAv York. The facts which make up the case are stated at length in the opinion of the court. The plaintiff in error Avas plaintiff below.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
This suit Avas brought by William Astor, in a court of the State of NeAV York, and removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, to' recover the sum of' $1,880 paid to the defendant, as collector of the port of New York, by the plaintiff, for customs duties, on the 22d of September, 1878, on certain goods brought by the plaintiff with him from Liverpool-, as a passenger in a vessel. The goods and the duties exacted were as follows, the items of the goods not being more "particularly set forth in the record: 45 lbs. wool and worsted wearing apparel,…
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