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LAWRENCE v. MERRITT

No. 213.

127 U.S. 113 (1888)

LAWRENCE v. MERRITT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin B. Smith for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Solicitor General for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

The plaintiffs in error, Benjamin and Phineas Lawrence, brought suit in the court below against Edwin A. Merritt, the former collector of the port of New York, for the recovery of an alleged excess of duties levied by him and paid by them upon an importation...

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