United States v. Thomson

These two cases involve the question of the proper measurement of spruce lumber imported from Canada. It was entered and the entry liquidated as lf-inch lumber. Subsequently by direction of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury the entry was reliquidated on the basis of 2 inches, on which reliquidation the importers appealed to the Board of General Appraisers, where the action of the collector in reliquidating was set aside, and a new reliquidation ordered on the basis of If inches. •

The question involved is .mainly a question of fact. The evidence in the case shows, practically without…