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ROBERTSON v. OELSCHLAEGER

Nos. 86, 255.

137 U.S. 436 (1890)

11 S.Ct. 148

34 L.Ed. 744

ROBERTSON, v. OELSCHLAEGER. OELSCHLAEGER, v. ROBERTSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 22, 1890.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin B. Smith for Oelschlaeger. Mr. Charles Curie was with him on the brief. Mr. Frank P. Prichard also filed a brief for same.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for Robertson.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought to recover an alleged excess of duties charged for the importation of certain goods and chattels in the year 1884. The goods consisted of certain instruments used in the arts, or in laboratories, or for observation and experiment. The plaintiff, Oelschlaeger, who imported the articles, claimed that they were philosophical instruments and apparatus, and chargeable with a duty of only...

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