Priestman v. United States

Priestman v. United States
Decided August 13, 1800
Full case namePriestman v. United States
Citations4 U.S. 28 (more)
4 Dall. 28; 1 L. Ed. 727
Court membership
Chief Justice
Oliver Ellsworth
Associate Justices
William Cushing · William Paterson
Samuel Chase · Bushrod Washington
Alfred Moore

Priestman v. United States, 4 U.S. (4 Dall.) 28 (1800), was an 1800 decision of the United States Supreme Court asserting that "Under the 19th section of the act of February 18th, 1793, (1 Stats, at Large, 313,) goods are liable to forfeiture though they did not belong to the master, owner, or any mariner of the vessel in which they were imported, and though the duties were paid on them at the port of entry."[1]

It was decided on August 13, 1800.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Reports of decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: with notes and a digest, Volume 1 (Little, Brown, 1887), pg. 321
  2. ↑ "Dates of Supreme Court decisions and arguments United States reports volumes 2 – 107 (1791 – 1882)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2010.