Meadows v. United States

Abo^t the 23d day of October, 1920, the importers, acting for the United Cigar Co., made an entry, accompanied by the consular invoice, at the port of New York, of eight large boxes or cases of smokers’ articles. The merchandise was brought here on the S. S. Manchuria.

According to the invoice, these boxes contained, among other things, numerous small cartons or cases inclosing in turn small-smokers’ articles, a detailed list of which was in the invoice.

At the time the merchandise was unladen the discharging inspectors, customs' officers, found four of these large boxes in bad order, examined…