T. M. Duche & Sons, Inc. v. United States

Keeee, Judge:

This case arising at the port of Boston involves the collector’s assessment of duty on certain dried' egg albumen imported from Tientsin, China, and entered on February 17, 1937. The collector assessed duty at 27 cents per pound under paragraph 713 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the proclamation of the President, T. D. 44997, issued under section 336 of said act. The plaintiff claims that the Presidential proclamation, T. D. 44997, is illegal and void, inasmuch as no investigation of the cost of egg products in the United States, as provided by statute, was made; that…