Geo. S. Bush & Co. v. United States

Ekwall, Judge:

This is a petition for remission of additional duties which were assessed under the provisions of section 489 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. § 1489) because of undervaluation of certain snuff bottles.

Before proceeding to a decision on the merits, we will consider a motion to dismiss the petition on the part of the Government on the ground that the name of the petitioner as it appears thereon is not sufficiently specific. The attorney for the petitioner, Mr. John P. Hausman, filed and signed the petition in his own name. In the box heading the petition the name of the…