Hansen v. United States

These are appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The decision of the circuit court affirmed the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers, G. A. 6922 (T. D. 29914), which had affirmed the assessment of duty by the collector of customs at the port of New York on goods imported by the appellants. The goods consisted of so-called “fresh caviar.” The importations were in part in barrels and in part in tins. The barrels contained about 100 pounds each, whilst the tins were in from 1 to 3 pound packages. The collector imposed a…