Fry v. United States

'Graham, Presiding Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

Gebrüder Passavant, at Crefeld, Germany, consigned certain goods to appellant at New York. They were shipped by rail to Rotterdam, Holland, and thence to New York per steamship Nordam, where they were entered by pro forma invoice dated August 2, 1922. The consular invoice is dated at Crefeld, July 27, was filed in the American consulate at Cologne, Germany, together with the declaration of the consignors, on July 28, and certified by the vice consul at the same place on August 1, 1922. The bill of lading was dated at Rotterdam July…