Park & Tilford v. United States

Martin, Judge,

delivered the opinion- of.the court;

The merchandise in this case consists of whisky in casks. The importation was made under the tariff act of 1913.

*54The question at issue does not relate to the rate of duty assessed by the collector upon the importation, but to the quantity of whisky which was assessed with duty. The importers claim that the col-ector overstated the number of gallons of liquor in the respective casks, and based the liquidation upon this incorrect statement. The merchandise was assessed also with a countervailing duty, but this raises no new question in the .cáse,…