Geo. S. Bush & Co. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

This is a protest against the collector’s assessment of duty on a bale of wool (bale No. 16), which it is claimed was never received by the importer.

At the trial, there was received in evidence the official file, which the collector forwarded to the court. According to these papers, 11 bales of wool were shipped from Australia and entered for warehouse at the port of Portland, Oreg., on or about April 15, 1952. The inspector’s report on the back of the warehouse permit states that bales numbered 16 and 17 were short shipped and that bale No. 17 arrived on May 1,1952, having…