FERRY v. LIVINGSTON


115 U.S. 542 (1885)

FERRY & Another v. LIVINGSTON. LIVINGSTON v. FERRY & Another.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Otto Kirchner for Ferry & Another.

Mr. Solicitor-General for Livingston.


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

The question involved in this suit is as to whether under the present tariff of duties on imported merchandise, certain mangel-wurzel, turnip, beet, and cabbage seeds are subject to a duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem, or are free.

In the Revised Statutes, as enacted in 1874, Title XXXIII., section 2504, Schedule M, p. 480, 2d ed., there was the following provision...

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