Legal Opinion
Saltonstall, Collector of Customs v. Birtwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1893No. 116PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
150 U.S. 417
14 S.Ct. 169
37 L.Ed. 1128
SALTONSTALL, Collector of Customs,
v.
BIRTWELL.
No. 116.
December 4, 1893.
Statement by Mr. Chief Justice FULLER:
This was an action to recover duties paid under protest on importations made in 1888. The first count of the plaintiff's declaration was on an account annexed as follows:
'Boston, July 3, 1888.
'Leverett Saltonstall, Collector, etc., to Joseph Birtwell, Dr.
"Feb. 29, 1888. To excess of duty paid
on 432 pieces of manufactures of iron
entered ex-steamship Jan. Breydel,
Feb. 27, 1888..................... $1,800
"Mch. 14, 1888. To excess of duty paid
on 4 pieces…
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