Cataldi Aurola v. United States

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of General Appraisers affirming the action of the collector in imposing duty upon 24 casks of wine,- the sole question being whether the collector erred in refusing to allow a deduction for leakage.

The report of the collector states that the United States gauger in his return attached to the entry reports certain wantage in excess *341of normal, which would indicate leakage. Duty was assessed bn the amount found by the United States gauger plus wantage in excess of normal outage.

The proviso to paragraph 307 of the act of 1909, corresponding to like…