Hubbard v. Soby

Supreme Court of the United States
Hubbard v. Soby, 146 U.S. 56 (1892)
13 S. Ct. 13

Hubbard v. Soby

Opinion of the Court

The Chief Justice :

This was a suit brought October 9, 1890, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut to recover an alleged excess of duties upon imports exacted by plaintiff in error in his capacity of collector of customs of the port of Hartford, prior to the going into effect of the act of Congress of June 10, 1890, entitled “ An act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues,” 26 Stat. 131. Judgment was given for defendant in error, February 27,1892, and on June 11,1892, the pending writ of error was sued out. The motion to dismiss the writ must be sustained upon the authority of Lau Ow Bew v. United States, 144 U. S. 47; McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661.

Writ of error dismissed.

Reference

Full Case Name
HUBBARD v. SOBY
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Published
Syllabus
This court has no jurisdiction over a writ of error sued out June 11, 1892, from a judgment rendered by a Circuit Court of the United States against a collector of customs in a suit brought to recover back an alleged excess of duties paid upon an importation of goods made prior to the going into effect of the act of 'Congress of June 10, 1890, “ to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues,” 26 Stat. 131, c. 407.