Jones v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

This action involves the assessment of duty upon 35 bales of hops out of a shipment from Trieste, Yugoslavia, of 200 bales, entered for warehouse at the port of Philadelphia on January 4, 1946. A warehouse withdrawal for consumption of the entire 200 bales was filed on January 9, 1946, and the goods were released to the agent of the importer without having been placed in a bonded warehouse. The hops were shipped by rail to the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. of St. Louis, Mo.

It is claimed in the protest that due to a casualty at sea 35 bales became contaminated with oil during the…