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DE FOREST ET AL. v. LAWRENCE

54 U.S. 274 (____)

13 How. 274

WILLIAM W. DE FOREST, GEORGE F. THOMAS, AND ROBERT W. RODMAN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CORNELIUS W. LAWRENCE, LATE COLLECTOR OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Upon this exception, the cause came up to this court, and was argued by Mr. Schley, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Crittenden, (Attorney-General,) for the defendant.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the Southern District of the State of New York.

The action was brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant, the late collector of the port of New York, to recover back an excess of duties paid under protest on an article imported from Buenos Ayres, described in the invoices and entries as "sheepskins." The importations...

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