Ring v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of the United States
This ease came up from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York, upon a certificate of division of opinion between the judges, thereof. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This case comes before us, upon a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York.. The certificate shows that a suit in equity is pending in that court, wherein persons who were the naval officer and surveyor of the port of New York, are complainants, and Hugh Maxwell, who was the collector of that port, is respondent, and that the scope of the bill is to recover one moiety of a large sum of money levied and collected as additional duties, under the 8th section of the tariff act, of July 30,1846, (9 Stats, at…
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