Greely's Administrator v. Burgess
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. It is only necessary to add the protest and evidence offered as they were stated in the bill of exceptions, namely:— “ I this day pay to Philip Greely, jr., collector of this port, on behalf of Messrs.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. It is only necessary to add the protest and evidence offered as they were stated in the bill of exceptions, namely:— “ I this day pay to Philip Greely, jr., collector of this port, on behalf of Messrs. B. Burgess and Sons, the sum of sixteen hundred forty-three dollars and jj|, more dr less, claimed by him as due to the United States from them, on merchandise imported by them in the brig Eliza Burgess, under…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The intestate of the plaintiff is charged in this judgment for an excess of duties collected by him in his capacity of collector of customs at the port of Boston, under color of a law of the United States.
■ The defendants in April, 1850, imported into Bpston an invoice of sugars from the Island of Cuba, and made entry as in case of goods purchased, by the production of the invoice and an oath that it exhibited a just and faithful account of the actual cost and all charges thereon, &c. The public appraisers advanced the valuation of the merchandise contained in the invoice ten per cent, above…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Greely v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
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