MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was begun on December 30th, 1854, in the Supreme Court of New York by the defendant in error to recover from the collector of the port of New York money alleged to have been illegally exacted by him for customs dues and paid under protest. It was removed by certiorari to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in which, on December 15th, 1856, the testimony...
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