Gray 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. Action by the United States against Herbert W. Gray to recover additional customs duties. From a judgment in favor of the United States (107 Fed. 104), defendant appeals.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by the United States against Herbert W. Gray to recover additional customs duties. From a judgment in favor of the United States (107 Fed. 104), defendant appeals. This cause comes here upon a writ of error to review a judgment of the district court, Southern district of New York, in favor of the United States against the plaintiff in error, who was defendant below. 107 Fed. 104. In January and February, 1898, the defendant made three importations from a foreign country of certain sheet music,…
1Opinion of the CourtLacombe, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The statute under consideration is section 7 of the customs administrative act of June 10, 1890, as amended by section 32 of the tariff act of July 24, 1897. It reads as follows:
“That the owner, consignee, or agent of any imported merchandise which has been actually purchased may, at the time when he shall make and verify his written entry of such merchandise, but not afterwards, make such addition in the entry to the cost or value given in the invoice or pro forma invoice or statement in form of an invoice, which he shall produce with his entry, as in his opinion…
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- United States v. 1,621 Pounds of Fur ClippingsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1900
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