Ungerer & Co. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

This action involves the amount of duty levied by the collector upon 12 cases of Patchouli oil; The plaintiff claims that the collector erroneously failed to make an allowance in duties for the goods missing in a case which was empty when delivered from the pier to the importer.

At the trial, the plaintiff submitted the case on the basis of the official papers transmitted by the collector of customs and the inspector’s report. The report of the inspector was marked in evidence as exhibit 1. The Government, however, objected to any papers in the record other than the inspector’s…