Spalding v. Castro

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Spalding v. Castro

153 U.S. 38, 14 S. Ct. 768, 38 L. Ed. 626, 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2161

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedApril 16, 1894

Docket297

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Spalding v. Castro, 153 U.S. 38, 14 S. Ct. 768, 38 L. Ed. 626, 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2161 (1894).

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Mr. Justice White

delivered th,e opinion of the court.

This case is covered by that of the same person against Seeberger, collector, just decided. The tobacco was like that imported in the former case, and was likewise assessed. There was due protest by the importer, seasonable appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury, and, on his adverse ruling, a timely suit. The case wak tried by a jury. The court instructed the jury that if they believed from the evidence that the tobacco in question required to have labor expended upon it in order to fit it for consumption, then it was unmanufactured, tobacco, as claimed by the plaintiff, etc. Excepting to this ruling, the case was brought here. Whatever may have been the correctness of the instruction as a general proposition, it was correct when applied to the case in hand. Evanston v. Gunn, 99 U. S. 660. The judgment is

Affirmed.

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Mr. Justice White

delivered th,e opinion of the court.

This case is covered by that of the same person against Seeberger, collector, just decided. The tobacco was like that imported in the former case, and was likewise assessed. There was due protest by the importer, seasonable appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury, and, on his adverse ruling, a timely suit. The case wak tried by a jury. The court instructed the jury that if they believed from the evidence that the tobacco in question required to have labor expended upon it in order to fit it for consumption, then it was unmanufactured, tobacco, as claimed by the plaintiff, etc. Excepting to this ruling, the case was brought here. Whatever may have been the correctness of the instruction as a general proposition, it was correct when applied to the case in hand. Evanston v. Gunn, 99 U. S. 660. The judgment is

Affirmed.

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153 U.S. 38, 14 S. Ct. 768, 38 L. Ed. 626, 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2161, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/spalding-v-castro-scotus-1894.

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