Stein v. United States

Appealfrom Board of United States General Appraisers to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York transferred to this court:

*37This is a question involving the validity oí an appraisement proceeding wherein it is alleged by the importers that a commission of 2J per cent on certain woolens and worsteds imported from Bradford and Huddersfield, England, was improperly assessed for 'duty. The goods were imported at the port of New York. Upon the invoices appear the notation, “Commission, 2\ per cent.” Upon entry the importers first deducted the 2§ per cent commissions, and thereafter…