CHAFFEE & CO. v. UNITED STATES


85 U.S. 516 (1873)

18 Wall. 516

CHAFFEE & CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. G. Hoadly and J.F. Follett (with whom were E.M. Johnson and J.D. Cox), for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. S.F. Phillips, Solicitor-General, contra:


Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The object of the demurrer to the declaration was to raise the question whether the penalty prescribed by the forty-eighth section of the Revenue Act of June 30th, 1864, was intended to apply to any persons except those in whose possession, custody, or control the goods seized are found, and who then hold them for the purpose of sale, with design to avoid the payment of...

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