United States v. Psaki

LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.

The action is upon a bond given upon importation of certain merchandise. Some of the packages were sent to the public store to be opened and examined; the remaining packages were delivered to the importers upon their giving the bond in question. Its condition is that the obligors “shall, within ten days after the package or packages designated by the collector and sent to the public store to be opened and examined have been appraised and reported to him, be returned upon demand to the order of the collector without having been opened.” The complaint avers that…