George S. Bush & Co. v. United States

Wilson, Judge:

These appeals for reappraisement involve the value, for duty purposes, of certain clams, packed in airtight containers or cans, weighing with their contents 10 ounces net weight, or 5 ounces drained weight each, commonly known as baby clams, which were imported from Japan during the period from November 1953 through June 1954 (R. 2). Shells of certain clams which had been growing in American waters and which clams were alleged to be identical to the imported baby clams were received in evidence as plaintiff’s collective illustrative exhibit 1 (R. 18).

The clams in question were…