Abraham & Straus, Inc. v. United States

JOHNSON, Judge:

This action involves the amount of duty assessed upon one case of hand-embroidered linen articles imported from Italy. The plaintiff claims that none of the embroideries were imported into the United States.

The entry papers disclose that the embroidered articles were invoiced as being contained in case 1727. That case was designated for examination by the appraiser. However, a “change slip” was sent to the appraiser by J. M. Geary, Kecall Desk of the United States Custom House, designating that case 1331/1 be sent instead of case 1727. Under the heading “remarks” appears the…