Truth Seeker Co. v. Durning

147 F.2d 54 (1945)

TRUTH SEEKER CO., Inc.,

v.

DURNING, Collector of Customs.

No. 180.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 18, 1945.

George Dyson Friou, of New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur C. Power, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City (John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before CHASE, CLARK, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

In an extensive complaint of some thirty-three paragraphs plaintiff alleged that it had placed orders with English book sellers and publishers for twenty copies of "The Bible Handbook" by…