ROBERTSON v. SALOMON

No. 446.

130 U.S. 412 (1889)

ROBERTSON v. SALOMON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Joseph H. Choate for defendants in error.

Mr. Henry Edwin Tremain and Mr. Mason W. Tyler were with Mr. Choate on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought by the defendants in error against the collector of New York, to recover an alleged excess of duties on goods imported. The goods referred to were white beans, upon which the collector levied a duty of twenty per cent ad valorem, as garden seeds. This charge was paid under protest; the plaintiffs insisting that the article was exempt from duty under the free list, as seeds "not...

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