Famous Import Co. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

This is a petition for the remission of additional duties assessed under section 489 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (prior to its amendment by the Customs Simplification Act of 1953), by reason of undervaluation of canned meat paste, exported from Canada on March 19, 1945, and entered at the port of Dallas on March 30, 1945.

Two witnesses testified at the trial: Rudolf W. Faehndrich, a cheese and food products importer, who, in 1945, was in charge of the petitioning company and in the employ of William Faehndrich, Inc., and Hadley S. King, customs attorney, connected with the firm…