RYAN v. UNITED STATES


86 U.S. 514 (____)

19 Wall. 514

RYAN ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. McDonald and Butler, for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. S.F. Phillips, Solicitor-General, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The condition of the bond describes the subject of it with great particularity. It calls it merchandise, and besides giving the number of boxes, calls it plug tobacco. It also gives the precise number of pounds, the tax for which each pound was liable, and the aggregate of the tax. The condition is that this tobacco shall be transported from the manufactory where it then was to the proper warehouse in New York...

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