Hauptman v. United States

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Board of General Appraisers denying the petition of the appellant for remission of additional duties.

*296The following claims were made in the petition filed in the court below:

3. The differences between the invoice prices were so slight being upon invoice No. 5 an advance from $2 to $2.10 per set of china (or 5 per centum) and upon invoice No. 11 from 6 cents to 7 cents (or 16 per centum) that the importer preferred to petition for remission of the penalty than to endeavor to procure supporting evidence of market values from trade competitors.

4. The…