MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error brought his action to recover duties paid by him and exacted, as he claims, in excess of those imposed by law, upon certain quantities of iron ore imported by him into the port of New York in 1879.
The single question involved in the suit arose under the Tariff Act of 1874, being Title XXXIII, Rev. Stat.
The plaintiff was assessed and compelled to pay a duty of 20 per centum...
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