Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes before the court upon a writ of error directed to the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York. The action was brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff, who was the collector of the port of New York, to recover back $4500, which had been paid, under protest, as duties upon certain goods imported into the port of New York, in April, 1841. The goods in question were...
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