Pacifico v. United States

The petition alleges in substance that plaintiff, a native of Italy, brought with him into the port of New York, on January 19, 1923, three cases of merchandise consisting of blankets and spreads of the equivalent value in American money of $1,242.00; that previous to plaintiff’s departure from Italy he had been negotiating for the sale of said mer*392chandise and bad practically completed the sale of the same to a merchant in New York City, New York, for an agreed total price of $5,510.00; that plaintiff had embarked with said goods for the purpose of delivering the same to the vendee in New…