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HARRISON v. MERRITT

115 U.S. 577 (1885)

HARRISON & Others v. MERRITT, Collector.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1885.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles C. Suydam and Mr. Henry E. Davies for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Attorney-General for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought in November, 1881, by the members of the firm of Harrison, Havemeyer & Co., against Edwin A. Merritt, collector of the port of New York, in a court of the State of New York, and removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, to recover back duties exacted, in May and June, 1881, at the rate of 25 per cent. ad valorem, on imported merchandise...

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