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CHICAGO DISTILLING CO. v. STONE

No. 130.

140 U.S. 647 (1891)

CHICAGO DISTILLING COMPANY v. STONE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Kirkland for plaintiff in error, submitted on his brief.

Mr. Solicitor General for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action brought by the Chicago Distilling Company, the plaintiffs in error, against Rensselaer Stone, a collector of internal revenue, to recover a certain sum alleged to have been unlawfully exacted by him from the plaintiffs, by assessing them for a pretended excess of grain distilled by them beyond the rated capacity of their distillery, in the month of September, 1885. A jury was waived and the...

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