Cleveland, Columbus, &C., Railroad v. McClung
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES 'FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. ' .Tbe following is tbe case as stated by tbe court. Tbe case presents tbe following facts: D.. W. McCIung beld tbe office of collector of customs and surveyor of the port of tbe city of Cincinnati, under tbe laws of tbe United States, and J. L. Wartman was employed by him, with tbe approval of the- Secretary of tbe Treasury, as deputy collector of customs.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES 'FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. ' .Tbe following is tbe case as stated by tbe court. Tbe case presents tbe following facts: D.. W. McCIung beld tbe office of collector of customs and surveyor of the port of tbe city of Cincinnati, under tbe laws of tbe United States, and J. L. Wartman was employed by him, with tbe approval of the- Secretary of tbe Treasury, as deputy collector of customs. As such deputy Wartman acted as tbe cashier of tbe collector. Section 10 of tbe act of June 10, 1880, c. 190, 21 Stat. 116, is as follows: “. . . That…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chief Justioe Waite,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The removal was under § 643 of the Devised Statutes, which . provides, among other things, for the removal of “ a civil suit ■. ... commenced in any court of a State against an officer appointed under or acting by authority of any revenue law of the United States, . . on account of any act done under -color of his office.” Thisjs a suit against a collector of cus- ^oms,■ an officer appointed under the revenue laws of the United States, for an act alleged to have been done by him in -the delivery of dutiable…
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