SCHMIEDER v. BARNEY


113 U.S. 645 (1885)

SCHMIEDER v. BARNEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.W. Griswold and Mr. Sidney Webster for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Solicitor-General for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The only fact in issue in this case on the trial below was whether the "Saxony dress goods" imported by the plaintiffs in error were "goods of similar description" to "delaines," within the meaning of that term as used in the tariff act of July 14, 1862, ch. 163, § 9, 12 Stat. 553. To maintain this issue on their part, the plaintiffs in error called a number of merchants and commercial experts, by whom...

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