UNITED STATES v. CUMMING

Nos. 723, 724.

130 U.S. 452 (1889)

UNITED STATES v. CUMMING. CUMMING v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Howard for the United States.

Mr. Michael Jacobs, Mr. Leonard Myers and Mr. David McAdam for Cumming and others.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

These are appeals from a judgment against the United States in favor of Joseph M. Cumming and Hamilton J. Miller, surviving members of the late firm of J.M. Cumming & Co., formerly manufacturers, distillers, vendors and exporters of whiskeys and alcohols, for the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars, as the damages sustained by that firm in consequence of certain acts of Joshua F. Bailey, collector of internal...

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