Mayor of New York v. Miln
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division in opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York.
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ON a certificate of division in opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. In the superior court of the city of New York, the plaintiffs instituted an action of debt for the recovery of 1.5,000 dollars, the amount of certain penalties alleged to have been incurred by the defendant, under the provisions of an act of the legislature of the state of New York, passed February 11th, 1824, entitled “an act concerning passengers in vessels coming to the port of New York.” The defendant, being an-alien, removed the cause into the circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barbour
This case comes before this Court upon a certificate of division of. the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York.
It was an action of debt brought in that court by the plaintiff, to recover of the defendant, as consignee of the ship called the Emily, the amount of certain penalties imposed by a statute of New York, passed February 11th, 1824; entitled, An act concerning passengers in vessels coming to the port of New York.
The statute, amongst other things, enacts, that every master or commander of any ship, or other vessel, arriving at the port of New York,…
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