MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought May 8th, 1879, by the plaintiffs in error in the Supreme Court of New York, to recover money alleged to have been illegally exacted by the collector for customs duties, and was removed by the defendant by writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of the United States for that district.
On the trial it appeared that the several amounts alleged to have been illegally exacted...
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