Puget Sound Freight Lines v. United States

Cline, Judge:

When these cases were called for trial, a motion was made by counsel for the Government to dismiss the protests on the ground that they were not within the jurisdiction of this court.

The protests are against the exaction of navigation fees by the collector and it is claimed that such fees were abolished by the act of March 3, 1897, section 9, 29 Stat. 689, relating to vessels navigating the waters of the northwestern and other frontiers of the United States otherwise than by sea.

The collector’s report on protest 121353-K states that the fees were exacted under section 2654 of the…