MAXWELL v. GRISWOLD ET AL.


51 U.S. 242 (____)

10 How. 242

HUGH MAXWELL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. NATHANIEL L. GRISWOLD, GEORGE GRISWOLD, GEORGE W. GRAY, AND GEORGE GRISWOLD, JUNIOR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Crittenden (Attorney-General), for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. J.S. McCulloh, for the defendants in error.


Mr. Justice WOODBURY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents two points, similar to what have just been decided in Greely v. Thompson et al. In respect to the first one, which related to the proper time for fixing the value of goods imported from the country of their growth or manufacture, this court there held it was the time of their procurement when not purchased, and the time of their purchase when they...

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