United States v. Hutton
District Court, S.D. New York
[This was an action at law by the United States against Benjamin F. Hutton and others, to recover duties on imported goods. Heard on motion for a writ of mandamus.]
1Opinion of the Court
CHOATE, District Judge.
In this case, which is a suit at law to recover duties on goods imported by the defendants, they move for a mandamus against the collector of the port to obtain the inspection of certain custom-house papers, or, if that motion is not granted, for a stay of the plaintiff’s proceedings. The complaint alleges the importation and entry of the goods, the liquidation of the duties and their non-payment. Before answering and professedly for the purpose of enabling them to answer, the defendants’ counsel applied to the collector of New York for an inspection of the papers in…
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