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CALKIN AND COMPANY v. COCKE

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55 U.S. 227 (1853)

14 How. 227

14 L.Ed. 398

E.P. CALKIN AND SAMUEL JONES, TRADING UNDER THE FIRM AND STYLE OF E.P. CALKIN AND COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JAMES H. COCKE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 1, 1853.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued, in printed arguments, by Mr. Miles Taylor, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Harris, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Harris, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Texas. The suit was originally brought by the plaintiffs in error before the District Court of Galveston county, to recover the possession of a stock of goods from the defendant, who had seized them at Galveston, as collector of that port, under the authority of the Republic of Texas, for non-payment of duties...

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