HOMER v. THE COLLECTOR


68 U.S. 486 (1863)

1 Wall. 486

HOMER v. THE COLLECTOR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Welch, for the importer.

Mr. Bates, A.G., who submitted a brief of Mr. Woodbury, contra.


Mr. Justice NELSON, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court:

The argument is, that almonds are dried fruit, and hence are provided for in the second section of the act of 1857; and evidence was offered on the trial to show that such was the commercial sense of the term. But this inquiry had nothing to do with the question, and, indeed, it is difficult to see how...

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