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LAWRENCE v. CASWELL ET AL.

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54 U.S. 488 (1852)

13 How. 488

14 L.Ed. 235

CORNELIUS W. LAWRENCE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN CASWELL AND SOLOMON T. CASWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 27, 1852.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Upon this exception, the case came up to this court, and was argued by Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Butler, for the defendants in error.

Mr. Butler, for defendants in error.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought by the defendants in error against the collector of the port of New York, to recover certain sums of money alleged to have been illegally exacted as duties.

The defendants in error are merchants of New York, and imported a large quantity of brandy in the years 1847 and 1848, which were deposited in the public stores, under the Warehousing...

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