MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by the firm of John and James Dobson against the collector of customs, to recover an alleged excess of tariff duties paid under protest.
The controversy was over the character of merchandise imported by the plaintiffs and claimed by them to be free from duty, but which was appraised by the officers...
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