KNIGHT ET AL. v. SCHELL


65 U.S. 526 (____)

24 How. 526

JAMES KNIGHT, JAMES H. WEST, AND ROBERT SARGEANT, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. AUGUSTUS SCHELL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Williams for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Black (Attorney General) for the defendant.


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before the court on a certificate of division of opinion from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York. It was an action of assumpsit, brought by the present plaintiffs against the defendant, as the collector of the port of New York, to recover back certain duties paid by the plaintiffs under protest, upon certain barrels, in which molasses was imported into...

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