United States v. MacDonald

72 U.S. 647 (____)

5 Wall. 647

UNITED STATES

v.

MACDONALD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Mr. Stanbery, A.G., and Mr. Ashton, Assistant A.G., for the United States, plaintiff in error; Mr. W.P. Fessendin for the collector, contra.

Principal question presented for decision in this case is, whether a collector of the customs is entitled to retain as compensation a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum from his receipts as storage for the custody and safe-keeping of imported merchandise, entered for warehousing, under the acts of Congress upon that subject, and stored in bonded warehouses.…