UNITED STATES v. 112 CASKS OF SUGAR


33 U.S. 277 (____)

8 Pet. 277

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE CASKS OF SUGAR, NATHAN GOODALE CLAIMANT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This case was presented to the court on printed statements and arguments, by Mr Butler, attorney-general, for the appellants.


Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sugars in question in this case were seized by the collector of the district of Mississippi, and libelled in the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, under the allegation that they had been falsely entered at the customhouse of the port of New Orleans, as syrup; when in fact they were casks of sugar in a state of partial solution in water. The libel charges that this...

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