Menchaca v. United States

Ford, Judge:

This case was submitted for decision at the 1961 session of the court at Laredo, Tex. The importation herein consists of six packages of postcards, imported from Mexico. The merchandise was entered on October 11, 1956, and five packages were physically released to the importer and one package retained by the appraiser. On October 12, 1966, an export entry was filed and all six packages, including the examination package which had been *277held in continuous customs custody at the Appraiser’s Stores, were exported on October 13, 1956, in purported compliance with the provisions of…