LEES v. UNITED STATES

No. 98.

150 U.S. 476 (1893)

LEES v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hector T. Fenton for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Conrad for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

On August 22, 1888, the United States commenced this action in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to recover of Joseph Lees and John S. Lees, the present plaintiffs in error, the sum of one thousand dollars, as a forfeit and penalty for a violation by them of the act of Congress of...

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