MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought to recover back customs duties paid under protest on glass bottles containing beer and ale, imported from abroad. The collector exacted a duty of thirty per cent ad valorem on the bottles. The plaintiffs contended that as a duty of thirty-five cents per gallon had been paid on the contents of the bottles, such duty covered all which the law imposed on the bottles. There was a verdict...
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