Show DUTY CASES MOBED Tf United States Supreme Court Hands Down Two Decisions 4 De-cisions RUGS WERE NOT CARPETS A BROICEV SHAFT NOT A SUFFICIENT SUFFI-CIENT DEFENSE Consequently n Cattle Steamer Must Pay Damages InterMate ouul r < c Cusesi Invplt jtas tiz e Long and Short Haul io Be Argued Ar-gued Waehinton ifareh Inthfr United States supreme court today two decisions de-cisions were rendered in cases involving involv-ing the Question of the collection of duties The first of these that of Beautell vs Magons the collector of the port of New York the question involved was that of the classification of certain rugs woven on looms not fit for weaving carnets but which had been assessed as TTilton carpet because toe surface was cut so as to give i t the appearance of plush The case wa appealed from the circuit court for the southern district of New York which had sustained the classification of the collector but the supreme court reversed I re-versed this decision saying the TUB were rugs and not carpets The other tariff case was that of Cooper collector vs John and James Dobson involving the classification of certain goat bait which the circuit court for the easter district of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania had held to be free of duty contrary to the decision of the collector collec-tor The decision in this case was set aside and a new trial ordered Justice Gray delivered the opinion of the court in the case of Catherine Coldey appealed from the defcision in the circuit court for the eastern district dis-trict of New York This was a case in which Mrs Coldey asjsed damages in the sum of 5100000 for alleged libel The judgment waS affirmed The case of James Henderson et a1 vs owners of the steamer Caledonia and Mayor Goldsmith involving the Question of liability of a carrier for loss by delay in the shipment of merchandise The case was appealed by the owners of the vessel from the decision of the circuit court for the Massachusetts district which held them responsible for loss caused by d Jay in the shipment of cattle cat-tle The defense in the original case was that the delay was occasioned by the breaking of the vessels sbaf The Court held however that the exception was lot sufficiently specific and sustained the decision of the court below A vessel said Chief Justice Fuller in delivering the opinion must be veally seaworthy it vas not sufficient that HR owners should think it was seaworthy Justices Brown Harlan and Brewer dissented The court announced that the interstate commerce cases one of which involves the long and short haul and another of which is known as the Social Circle case has been restored to the docket for reargu meat at the next term reri The court also announced a recess un til Monday the 25th inst afte disposing dlsposinS of the cases now on hearing |