United States v. Dieckerhoff
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECt OND CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. The purpose of Congress, clearly expressed in section 2899, Revised Statutes, is that all imports shall be held pending examination, except when the collector, upon the owner’s request, may decide, that sample packages can. be relied on to reveal the nature of all.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECt OND CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. The purpose of Congress, clearly expressed in section 2899, Revised Statutes, is that all imports shall be held pending examination, except when the collector, upon the owner’s request, may decide, that sample packages can. be relied on to reveal the nature of all. To expedite deliveries and favor importers the statute permits them — the collector assenting — to withdraw their merchandise, except the samples, provided bond be given to return the same within ten days if .called for. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
An action was brought in the Circuit Court to recover upon a certain redelivery bond purporting to be executed under cover of section 2899, Rev. Stat. The respondents, prnicipals on the bond, were partners, as Dieckerhoff, Raffloer & Co. Achelis and Boker executed the bond as sureties. On January 13, 1897, Dieckerhoff, Raffloer & Co. imported by the steamship Bovic certain merchandise which was entered in the New York custom house and consisted of seven packages. These were described in two invoices and are numbered 417 to 421, 983, 984. Package No. 418 was designated by the collector to be…
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