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ROBERTSON v. DOWNING

No. 267.

127 U.S. 607 (1888)

ROBERTSON v. DOWNING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs below, the defendants in error here, in March, 1882, imported into the United States at the port of New York 5179 packages of steel rods from Mulheim, in Germany. They were shipped at the port of Antwerp, in Belgium, to which place they were brought by rail from Mulheim, where they were made. Antwerp is distant from the frontier of Germany between forty and fifty miles, and from Mulheim two hundred...

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