Greenleaf v. Goodrich
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of' the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
That the goods imported by the plaintiffs were subject to a duty of thirty per cent under the act of March 2, 1861, is not denied. They belonged to the class described in that act as “ manufactures, not otherwise provided for, composed of mixed materials, in part of cotton, silk, wool or worsted, or flax.” The controversy between the parties now is over the question what was added to that duty by the act of July 14, 1862.
By-the third item of sect. 13 of the act of 1861 a duty of twenty-five per cent ad valorem was imposed upon “ all delaines, cashmere delaines, muslin delaines, barege…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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