THE MERRITT


84 U.S. 582 (1873)

17 Wall. 582

THE MERRITT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. N.J. Emmons, for the claimant, appellant in this court:

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


Mr. Justice HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.

The first section of the act of 1817 prohibits the importation of any goods or wares from any foreign port into the United States, except in two cases:

1st. They may be imported in vessels of the United States; or,

2d. In such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of the country of which the goods are the production, or from...

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