Goldstein v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel by the United States against Four Packages of Cut Diamonds; Max Goldstein, claimant. From a judgment of forfeiture, claimant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The United States filed a libel of information, asking for the condemnation of four packages of diamonds liable to custom duties, imported by Max Goldstein from the republic of Cuba, first, on the ground that they had been imported in sealed packages by registered mail, contrary to the provisions of the Postal Convention dated June 16, 1903, between the United States and Cuba, and the Universal Postal Convention dated May 26, 1906; second, on the ground that they had been fraudulently undervalued by the consignor in the consular invoice at Havana, Cuba. The four libels…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. Twenty-Five Packages of Panama HatsSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- United States v. One Case, No. 1,577Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
3Cited by1 opinion
- Four Packages of Cut Diamonds v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919