Stairs v. Peaslee
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came, up, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This case came, up, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Griswold)s first and fourth points were as follows:— 1. The tariff act of March 3,1851, did not repeal so much of former laws as provided that merchandise, when imported ,from a country other than that of production or manufacture, should be appraised at the market valué of similar articles at the principal markets of the country of production or manufacture, at the period of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
delivered the"opinion of the court.
This case comes before the court upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.
It is an action for money had and received, brought by the plaintiffs, who are merchants, resident and doing business at Hali/a,x, Nova Scotia, to recover of the defendant, the collector of customs for the port of Boston, money alleged to' have been illegally exacted on payment of duties on fifty bags of cutch, shipped by the plaintiffs at Halifax, consigned to Messrs. Clark, Janes, and Co.,…
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