DAVID KAUFMAN & SONS COMPANY v. SMITH

No. 668.

216 U.S. 610 (1910)

30 S.Ct. 419

54 L.Ed. 636

DAVID KAUFMAN & SONS COMPANY v. SMITH, COLLECTOR OF THE PORT OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 7, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick B. Campbell and Mr. George Whitefield Betts, Jr., for the plaintiff in error.

The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lloyd for the defendant in error.


Per Curiam.

It is established that to give this court jurisdiction on a direct appeal from, or writ of error to, a Circuit Court on the ground of a constitutional question, such question must be real and substantial, and not a mere claim in words.

This was an action brought against the Collector of Customs for the recovery of duties paid under the act of March 2, 1905, 33 Stats. 843, entitled, "An act fixing the status of merchandise

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