Schmieder v. Barney
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of the united states for the SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice ‘Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
The only fact in issue in this case on the trial below was whether the “ Saxony dress goods ” imported by the plaintiffs in error were “goods of similar description” to “delaines,” within the meaning of that terrn as used in the tariff act of July 14, 1862, ch. 163, § 9, 12 Stat. 553. To maintain this issue on their part, the plaintiffs in error called a number of merchants and commercial experts, by whom they offered to prove that, in trade, among merchants and importers, “ Saxony woven dress goods” were not, in 1861 and 1862, and…
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