Maillard v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. It was an action' brought by the plaintiffs in error against Lawrence, the collecter of the port of New York, for a return of duties alleged to have been improperly exacted upon certain importations of shawls.
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This case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. It was an action' brought by the plaintiffs in error against Lawrence, the collecter of the port of New York, for a return of duties alleged to have been improperly exacted upon certain importations of shawls. The circumstances of the case and the various prayers to the Circuit Court, both on behalf of the plaintiffs and defendant, are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
The plaintiffs in error instituted in the court aforesaid against the defendant an action of trespass on'the case for the recovery of an alleged excess of duties charged by the defendant as collector of the port of New York, and paid to him under protest by the plaintiffs upon certain goods imported by them from Havre in France, and described by them in the invoices and entries thereof as “ worsted shawls, worsted and cotton shawls, silk and worsted shawls, barege shawls, merino shawls, silk ' shawls, worsted scarfs, silk scarfs, and mousseline de laine shawls.” There appear to have been…
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