Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volum 2C. Wendell, printer, 1856 |
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Side 53
... ........ To which add the transportation to Alcatras and Battery Point ...... 30,000 00 6,500 00 And amount illegally deducted on the four last light - houses , 19,560 00 And damages by loss of wages , & c . GIBBONS AND KELLY . 53.
... ........ To which add the transportation to Alcatras and Battery Point ...... 30,000 00 6,500 00 And amount illegally deducted on the four last light - houses , 19,560 00 And damages by loss of wages , & c . GIBBONS AND KELLY . 53.
Side 54
... illegally deducted by the United States government for the proportion of $ 35,000 paid to petitioners , claimed by the government to be chargeable on the four light - houses erected after the loss of the Oriole ....... $ 6,500 00 5,811 ...
... illegally deducted by the United States government for the proportion of $ 35,000 paid to petitioners , claimed by the government to be chargeable on the four light - houses erected after the loss of the Oriole ....... $ 6,500 00 5,811 ...
Side 3
... illegally exacted . In this case , and in some seventy - five others from New York , represented by the same counsel , depending on the same prin- ciple , and involving a large amount of money , no such protest was made , and the ...
... illegally exacted . In this case , and in some seventy - five others from New York , represented by the same counsel , depending on the same prin- ciple , and involving a large amount of money , no such protest was made , and the ...
Side 7
... illegally exacted by collectors of the customs , under the sanction of the Treasury Department , for duties on imported mer- chandise since the 3d of March , 1833 : Provided , that , before any such refunding , the Secretary shall be ...
... illegally exacted by collectors of the customs , under the sanction of the Treasury Department , for duties on imported mer- chandise since the 3d of March , 1833 : Provided , that , before any such refunding , the Secretary shall be ...
Side 9
... illegally exacted ; and such power has been frequently exercised . Vide Treasury circular of 13th November , 1847 , ( 1 Mayo , 371 , ) and Treasury letters of May 7 and July 21 , 1847 , therein referred to ; Treasury circular of August ...
... illegally exacted ; and such power has been frequently exercised . Vide Treasury circular of 13th November , 1847 , ( 1 Mayo , 371 , ) and Treasury letters of May 7 and July 21 , 1847 , therein referred to ; Treasury circular of August ...
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Side 19 - Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Side 25 - But it lies for money paid by mistake, or upon a consideration which happens to fail, or for money got through imposition (express or implied), or extortion, or oppression, or an undue advantage taken of the plaintiff's situation, contrary to laws made for the protection of persons under those circumstances. In one word, the gist of this kind of action is, that the defendant, upon the circumstances of the case, is obliged by the ties of natural justice and equity to refund the money.
Side 20 - That it shall be lawful, under the special direction of the President of the United States, to make such advances to the disbursing officers of the government as may be necessary to the faithful and prompt discharge of their respective duties, and to the fulfillment of the public engagements...
Side 21 - ... but when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided...
Side 49 - This kind of equitable action to recover back money, which ought not in justice to be kept, is very beneficial, and therefore much encouraged.
Side 27 - We must take this payment to have been made under a demand of right; and I think that where a man demands money of another as a matter of right, and that other, with a full knowledge of the facts upon which the demand is founded, has paid a sum, he never can recover back the sum he has so voluntarily paid.
Side 23 - Treasury to refund any duties paid under protest, nor shall any action be maintained against any collector, to recover the amount of duties so paid under protest, unless the said protest was made in writing and signed by the claimant, at or before the payment of said duties, setting forth distinctly and specifically the grounds of objection to the payment thereof.
Side 17 - ... nothing has been, on my part, nor to my knowledge, on the part of any other person, concealed or suppressed, whereby the United States may be defrauded of any part of the duty lawfully due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise...
Side 18 - Purposes," there to be kept with due and reasonable care, at the charge and risk of the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, and subject at all times to their order, upon payment of the proper duties and expenses, to be ascertained on due entry thereof for warehousing, and to be secured by a bond of the owner, importer, or consignee, with surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in double the amount of the said duties, and in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe...