Robertson v. Downing
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action to recover duties alleged to have been illegally assessed. Judgment for.plaintiff. Defendant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The plaintiffs below, the defendants in error here, in March, 1882, imported into the United States at the port of New York .5179 packages of steel rods from Mulheim, in Germany. They were shipped at the port of Antwerp, in Belgium, to which place they were brought by rail from Mulheim, where they were made. Antwerp is distant from the frontier of Germany between forty and fifty miles, and from Mulheim two hundred miles. The appraisers added to the invoice price of the articles at Mulheim eleven marks per ton to make the dutiable value of the articles, and four marks per- ton for the charges…
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