CLINKENBEARD v. UNITED STATES


88 U.S. 65 (____)

21 Wall. 65

CLINKENBEARD ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.H. Williams, Attorney-General, and Mr. S.F. Phillips, Solicitor-General, in support of the view that it was not, and of the action of the court below.

Messrs. Hoadly and Johnson, contra, for the plaintiff in error.


Mr. Justice BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

If the facts were as set up in the defence, it is difficult to see how the assessment in this case could have been legal. The distiller, without any fault of his own, but by the omission of the government itself, was prevented from operating his distillery for the first four days for which he was taxed, and his distillery was inactive from an accident, and in charge of...

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