Montgomery Ward v. United States

ORDER

Keefe, Judge:

In this reappraisement advances were made by the appraiser upon certain meat choppers imported from Germany. At the trial counsel for the importers made a motion to vacate the ap-praisement upon the ground that the collector’s designation of the number of packages for examination was improperly made under the provisions of section 499. The summary sheet attached to the entry papers discloses that the only notation the collector made as to the examination of packages was “Ten percent”. Counsel for the importers contend that the collector is required to designate the packages…