Columbia Co. v. United States

Erwall, Judge:

In this suit against the United States the importer-seeks to recover a sum of money paid to the collector of customs at the port of San Francisco, Calif., as duties upon certain Chinese wines,, which were entered for warehouse and, because they remained in warehouse more than 3 years, were abandoned and destroyed. Plaintiff, the importer, claims that the assessment of duties was illegal and void; that the merchandise was prohibited merchandise and should never have been permitted entry into warehouse but was subject to seizure and destruction immediately; and further, that the…