Edward Douglass White, Spalding v. Castro — Opinion of the Court
“ There was due protest by the importer, seasonable appeal to the secretary of the treasury, and, on his adverse ruling, a timely suit. The case was tried by a jury. The court instructed the jury that, if they believed from the evidence that the tobacco in question required to have labor expended upon it in order to fit it for consumption, then it was unmanufactured tobacco, as claimed by the plaintiff, etc. Excepting to this ruling, the case was brought here. ”
