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- Title: Andrew Aldridge and Others, Plaintiffs in Error v. Nathaniel F. Williams
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1845
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 92 KB
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THIS case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, and involved the construction of the act of Congress of March 2d, 1833, commonly called the Compromise Act. Williams was the collector of the port of Baltimore, and the plaintiffs in crror were importing merchants, who sued to recover duties paid under protest. The title of the act was 'An act to modify the act of the 14th of July, 1832, and all other acts imposing duties on imports.' The 1st section provided that from and after the 31st of December, 1833, in all cases where duties shall exceed twenty per centum on the value thereof, one-tenth part of such excess shall be deducted; from and after the 31st of December, 1835, another tenth part; from and after the 31st of December, 1837, another tenth part; from and after the 31st of December, 1839, another tenth part; from and after the 31st of December, 1841, one-half of the residue of such excess shall be deducted; and from and after the 30th of June, 1842, the other half thereof shall be deducted.