¶1decided that the •commercial meaning of the word “blanket” was to be traced back only to the time of the passage of the act of 1857. The schedules of the act of 1846 were referred to in the act of 1857 merely to save the trouble of transcribing the list of articles therein mentioned. A verdict was therefore rendered for the plaintiffs for $719.08
5 F. Cas. 651
Christ v. Baker
U.S. District Court
Decided October 12, 1860
U.S. District Court · decided 1860-10-12
At law. This was an action brought by Christ, Jay & Hess against Joseph B. Baker, collector of customs, to recover the difference between the duties of fifteen and twenty-four per cent, which latter rate had been exacted by the collector upon certain invoices of blankets imported from England by the plaintiffs, and which they, the plaintiffs, alleged were entitled to be entered at the former rate. The tariff act of 1S46 [9 Stat, 42] arranged articles in schedules.
Decided 1860-10-12