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UNITED STATES v. 350 CHESTS OF TEA

25 U.S. 486 (____)

12 Wheat. 486

The UNITED STATES against 350 CHESTS OF TEA. LIPPINCOTT and Others, Claimants.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS cause was argued by the Attorney General, for the United States, and by Mr. Webster and Mr. Coxe, for the claimants.

Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a libel filed in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York, in the name of the United States, against 350 chests of hyson skin tea, imported from Canton in the ship Benjamin Rush, as forfeited to the use of the United States. The libel charges, that the chests of teas were seized by the collector of the customs for the District of Philadelphia, on the 6th of December...

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