Presson v. Russell

Citations

• 152 U.S. 577
• 14 S. Ct. 728
• 38 L. Ed. 559
• 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2147

Syllabus

<p>Dry salted codfish, never pickled, imported January 19, 1888, in dry flour or sugar barrels, incapable of containing liquids, were subject to a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem, under the act of March 3, 1883, c. 121, 22 Stat. 488,504, as other fish not specially enumerated or provided for; but, as the importer’s protest was not sufficient to notify the collector of his claim, the judgment below is reversed, and a judgment ordered for defendant.</p>