Moore Dry Goods Co. v. United States

In the early months of the year 1920 the appellant shipped a large stock of dry goods, valued at about $200,000, from San Francisco to Vladivostok, Siberia. The goods were consigned under a contract of sale to certain merchants of the latter city, and drafts with appropriate shipping documents attached were drawn upon the consignees for the price of the merchandise.

*450The goods arrived at the port of Vladivostok and were landed there in customs custody. But at that time a state of political confusion existed in that city, and its financial and commercial affairs were completely disorganized. In…