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Ferguson v. Arthur

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 5, 1886No. 190PublishedCited by 22 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. cited Arthur y. Davies, 96 U. S. 135 ; Arthur v. Stephani, 96 U. S. 126; Reiehe Y. Smythe, 13 Wall. 162; Movius v. Arthur, 95 U. S. 144; Arthur v. Bheims, 96 U. S. 143 ; Arthur v. Lahéy, 96 U. S. 112; Arthur v. Zimmerman, 96 U. S. 124; Barber y- Schell, 107 U. S. 617; Marvell y. Merritt, 116 U. S. 11; Fisk y. Arthur, 103 U. S. 431; Solomon y.

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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. cited Arthur y. Davies, 96 U. S. 135 ; Arthur v. Stephani, 96 U. S. 126; Reiehe Y. Smythe, 13 Wall. 162; Movius v. Arthur, 95 U. S. 144; Arthur v. Bheims, 96 U. S. 143 ; Arthur v. Lahéy, 96 U. S. 112; Arthur v. Zimmerman, 96 U. S. 124; Barber y- Schell, 107 U. S. 617; Marvell y. Merritt, 116 U. S. 11; Fisk y. Arthur, 103 U. S. 431; Solomon y. Arthur, 102 U. S. 208; Victor y. Arthur, 104 U. S. 498; Newman y. Arthur, 109 U. S. 132; Drew v. Grinnell, 115 U. S.…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justioe Blatohford

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought by Walton Ferguson, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, against the collector of the Port of New York, to recover moneys paid under protest, in January, 1876, as duties • on an importation of “ Henry’s Calcined Magnesia,” made by said Ferguson, doing business as J. & S. Ferguson. The collector exacted on the merchandise a duty of 50 per cent, ad va-lorem, under the following provision of the Revised…

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