Legal Opinion

United States v. Eighteen Packages of Dental Instruments

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 6, 1916No. 1965PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Proceeding by the United States against Eighteen Packages of Dental Instruments,.claimed by Samuel Rubin. From a decree dismissing the libel (222 Fed. 121)*, the United States appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

Generally speaking, this case involves two questions. Stated in a general way, the first is whether fraudulent importations by parcels post are subject to the same forfeitures as custom house deliveries, or, stated specifically:

“Whether a libel for forfeiture which does not aver a formal entry and subsequent custom house proceedings, but which sets forth in detail an attempt on the part of the consignor to introduce into the commerce of the United States, by parcels post, certain merchandise by means of fraudulent and false invoices, by means whereof the United…

2Cases cited4 opinions

Horner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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United States v. One TrunkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1909
United States v. 646 Half-Boxes of FigsDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1908

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