F. F. G. Harper & Co. v. United States

The importers, appellants herein, brought suit against the United States to recover certain sums of money claimed to have been unlawfully exacted by the Collector of Customs, one at the port of San Francisco and the other at the port of Seattle. The plaintiff in San Francisco was F. F. G. Harper & Co., and the plaintiff in Seattle was B. R. Anderson & Co.

The merchandise involved consisted of so-called whole flake egg and flake egg yolk which had been dried in China and after drying kept at freezing temperatures until it reached the ultimate consumer.

*10The San Francisco entry was made under the…