Oelbermann v. Merritt
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an action against the collector of the port of New York, to recover back duties alleged to have been illegally exacted. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
This is an action at law brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York by the members of the copartnership firm of E. Oelbermann & Co., against the. collector of the port of New York, in November, 1880, to recover the sum of $1925.20, with interest, as an alleged excess of duties exacted by the collector on an importation of 31 cases of silk and cotton velvets into the port of New York from Germany, via Botterdam, in June, 1879.
There were two invoices covered by one entry. One of the invoices was for 10 cases and the other for 24 cases. The collector…
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