W. X. Huber Co. v. United States

Cline, Judge:

In these suits against the United States the plaintiff seeks to recover the duty assessed by the collector of customs at the port of Los Angeles on certain water chestnuts which the appraiser reported were spoiled at the time of his official examination, Protest 833961-G contains additional claims relating to beans and bean sauce, but the claims as to such merchandise were abandoned at the trial and are hereby overruled.

The specific claim in protest 833961-G is that the duty on the water chestnuts should be assessed at 50 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 774 of the Tariff…