ROBERTSON v. GLENDENNING

No. 55.

132 U.S. 158 (1889)

ROBERTSON v. GLENDENNING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Stephen G. Clarke for defendant in error.


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

This is an action brought to recover an alleged excess of duties exacted by the collector at the port of New York. Defendants in error had imported certain embroidered linen handkerchiefs, upon which the collector, the plaintiff in error, assessed a duty of thirty-five per cent ad valorem, under the eighth paragraph of Schedule J of § 2502 of title 33 of the Revised Statutes, as enacted by § 6...

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