Berg, Hedstrom & Co. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

The merchandise involved in these cases,' consolidated at the trial, consists of whole milk powder imported from Sweden in July and October 1952. It is claimed that the collector followed an incorrect procedure in arriving at the dutiable weight of the merchandise and that the net weights arrived at were incorrect.

At the trial, Bengt 0. Farnstrom of the plaintiff corporation appeared for the plaintiff and testified that his firm imports whole milk powder from Sweden, 'making entries on the basis of the supplier’s invoices. He claimed that duty should have been assessed on the…