Legal Opinion

Meyer v. United States

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided March 20, 1918No. 1860PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstract 41037. [Oral argument Rob. 13,1918, by Mr. Hampton and Mr. IXanson.]

1Opinion of the CourtMoNtgomerv, Presiding Judge

The protest in its essential statements was:

Protest is hereby made against your decision assessing duty on the value of §48 gold, United States, instead of $48 Mexican, on curios, and on other merchandise, covered by entries named below. The ground of objection under the tariff act of October 3, 1913, is that said merchandise was purchased at the total price of $48, Mexican, and was paid for at this rate to the Chinese merchant; that is to say, it was bought and paid for in silver arid not in gold United States dollars. The amount of duty therefore should be ascertained by multiplying the…

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