Li Sing v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. In June, 1893, Li Sing, a native of China, but then a resident of Newark, New Jersey, returned to China and took with’him. a certificate purporting to have been issued by the imperial government of China, at its consulate at New York, and signed by its consul, that he was permitted to return to the United States and was entitled to do so, and which, furthermore, styled him a wholesale grocer.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. In June, 1893, Li Sing, a native of China, but then a resident of Newark, New Jersey, returned to China and took with’him. a certificate purporting to have been issued by the imperial government of China, at its consulate at New York, and signed by its consul, that he was permitted to return to the United States and was entitled to do so, and which, furthermore, styled him a wholesale grocer. This certificate was viséd in Hong Kong by the United States consul on June 27, 1896, when Li Sing was about to return to this country.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The first contention on behalf of the petitioner is that the collector of customs at Malone had exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine the right of petitioner to enter the country; that any error committed by the collector could only be reviewed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that, consequently, the commissioner had no jurisdiction to act in the present case.
This contention is based upon the provisions of section 12 of the act of September 13, 1888, 25 Stat. 476, c. 1015, as follows: “ And the collector shall in person decide all questions in dispute, with regard to the right of…
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