Newman v. Arthur
Supreme Court of the United States
ter ERROR TO THE circuit court of the UNITED states for the 'southern district of new tore. .This action was brought to recover money alleged to have been illegally exacted by the collector pi customs at the port of New Ñork, and paid under protest. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant below, to reverse .which this writ of error is prosecuted.
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ter ERROR TO THE circuit court of the UNITED states for the 'southern district of new tore. .This action was brought to recover money alleged to have been illegally exacted by the collector pi customs at the port of New Ñork, and paid under protest. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant below, to reverse .which this writ of error is prosecuted. The importations were-made in .1875, and consisted of cotton goods, upon which the collector assessed a duty of-five and a half cents a square yard and twenty per centum ad valorem: The plaintiff, at the time of the liquidation,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
After reciting the facts as above stated, he continued:
The provisions of. the law which govern the case aré contained in section 2504 Revised Statutes, being schedule A, cotton and cotton goods, and are as follows :
“ 1. Sec. 2504. On all manufactures of cotton (except jeans, denims, ■ drillings, bed-tickings, ginghams, plaids, cottonades, pantaloon stuff, and goods of like description), not bleached, colored, stained, painted, or printed, and not exceeding one hun'dred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, and exceeding in weight five ounces per square yard, five cen.tá…
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