United States v. Dent, Allcroft & Co.

The appellee imported a shipment of gloves in cases. Case No. 600 was examined by the discharging inspector and he noted, on a slip attached to the entry, that this case contained 3^- dozen pairs of gloves less than the invoiced amount. „On request of the importer, this case was sent to the public stores for examination. The appraiser duly reported to the collector that he found the case to be 13dozen pairs short. Thereupon the collector liquidated the entry, allowing 1o importer a shortage of 3-^ dozen pairs only. The importer protested, insisting it should be allowed a shortage as reported…