Knight v. Schell
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York.' •The question was, whether barrels manufactured in the United States and exported empty to Cuba, and afterwards brought back to the United.'States filled'with molasses purchased in Cuba, were bi’ought back “in the same condition, as, when exported,” according to the .true intent and meaning of the acts' of Congress in that behalf.
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This case came up on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York.' •The question was, whether barrels manufactured in the United States and exported empty to Cuba, and afterwards brought back to the United.'States filled'with molasses purchased in Cuba, were bi’ought back “in the same condition, as, when exported,” according to the .true intent and meaning of the acts' of Congress in that behalf. On which question the opinions of the judges were opposed. Wherefore, on motion of the plaintiffs’ counsel, at the same term, it…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This case comes before the court on a certificate of division of opinion from the Circuit Court of the United Statés for the southern district of New York. It was an action of assumpsit, brought by the present plaintiffs against the defendant, as the collector of the port of New York, to recover back certain duties paid by the plaintiffs under protest, upon certain barrels, in which molasses w-as imported into the United States from Matanzas. ■
It was proved, on the trial, that the plaintiffs, in the year 1859, imported from Matanzas 728 barrels of molasses by the brig Irene, 301 barrels of…
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- Franklin Sugar Refining Co. v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1905
- Border Brokerage Co. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1959
- United States v. DunbarCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895