Philipp Bros. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

This case involves the dutiable weight of an importation of lead ingots, marked “Trepca.” Duty was assessed upon 44,004 ingots of such lead upon the basis of a test weight taken by the United States weigher. The plaintiff claims that the Government procured the test weight by weighing too few ingots.

At the trial, Norbert Strauss, assistant import traffic manager of plaintiff, testified that the ingots in question arrived upon the steamer S. S. Hrvatska on or about January 24, 1950, and that two lots of Trepca brand were sold to the National Lead Co. upon the basis of weight…