Shallus v. United States

Frank FI. Shallus, of Baltimore, Md., imported at that port in the latter part of 1908 and 1909, 1,001 bundles of hides weighing 58,571 pounds. The importations were made at different times by divers vessels. The hides were largely those of American cattle which had been’ shipped to England, there butchered, salt pickled, and returned to the United States. The protestant, who is appellant here, in due time protested against the amount of duty collected upon the hides, alleging that an insufficient allowance had been made by the collector in taring the hides for the adhering manure and salt…