Thomas v. United States

On December 27, 1910, appellants imported and entered at the port of New York a quantity of merchandise consisting of 4,000 bags *52of chicory and 21 bales of paper. This merchandise arrived on board of the steamship St. Andrew. Separate entiles were made, and in each case the usual 10-day bond was given in order to secure immediate delivery. At the same time the importers made a request in writing to the collector, as follows:

Permission is hereby requested to unload over the side of the vessel, at owner’s risk, after 15 per cent has been placed on wharf for test by United States weighers.

This…