ARTHUR'S EXECUTORS v. BUTTERFIELD

No. 167.

125 U.S. 70 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 714

31 L.Ed. 643

ARTHUR'S EXECUTORS, v. BUTTERFIELD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. George Bliss for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the plaintiffs below to recover of the late collector of the port of New York certain sums of money alleged to have been illegally exacted as duties on goods imported by them. It was tried in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, where the plaintiffs recovered a verdict, and to review the judgment entered thereon the executors of the collector,...

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