United States v. Cobb

Nelson, D. J.

This is an action to recover the duties on 619 bales of jute rejections imported by the defendants at New York in August, 1872. At the trial the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendants now move for a new trial on the ground that this direction should not have been given. .

Considered in the most favorable light for the defendants, the evidence proved the following facts:

For several years prior to August 1,1872, jute butts had been subject to a duty of six dollars a ton; and under the instructions of the secretary of the treasury jute rejections had been…