Bullocks, Inc. v. United States

Tilson, Judge:

The plaintiff filed this suit seeking to recover a certain sum of money alleged to have been illegally exacted as a bounty on imported merchandise from Groat Britain. In addition to the regular duty, concerning which there is no question here, a bounty was collected on 35 pounds of the merchandise at 9% pence per pound, amounting to £1 14s. 5d., which at the appropriate rate of exchange amounted to $8.54. It is this $8.54 which the plaintiff, by this suit, seeks to recover.

In view of the fact that the pleadings in this case clearly comply with the provisions of section 514 of…