GILES v. NEWTON

No. 2361.

21 F.2d 484 (1927)

GILES v. NEWTON, Collector of Customs.

District Court, E. D. New York.

June 9, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin R. Wakefield, of New York City (Walter H. Dodd, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

William A. De Groot, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Albert D. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant.


CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is an action at law to recover $6,766.47, for the conversion of 12 bales of straw braid, which came into the possession of the defendant, collector of customs, at the port of New York.

A jury was waived, and on stipulation the case was tried before the court without a jury.

The facts were all stipulated, and, in substance, are as follows:

Between the dates mentioned, the...

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