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ROBERTSON v. GERDAN

No. 56.

132 U.S. 454 (1889)

ROBERTSON v. GERDAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 16, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for plaintiff in error.

Mr. E.B. Smith for defendant in error. Mr. Stephen G. Clarke filed a brief for the same.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought in the Superior Court of the city of New York, and removed by certiorari by the defendant into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, by Otto Gerdan against William H. Robertson, collector of customs of the port of New York, to recover duties paid under protest on certain ivory pieces for the...

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