Legal Opinion

Air Express International Agency, Inc. v. United States

United States Customs Court

Decided June 13, 1950No. 54403; protest 132006-K (Tampa)Published

1Opinion of the Court

Ekwall, Judge:

Plaintiff herein claims that duty which was assessed on 90 alarm clocks should be refunded for the reason that said clocks were exported under customs supervision. The collector assessed duty at the rate of $1 each, plus a tax of 65 percent ad valorem and 3 cents per pound, as being in chief value of copper, under paragraph 368 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and I. R. C. 3425.

At the trial held at the port of Miami counsel entered into the following stipulation:

It was further agreed that no marking duty was imposed and that the sole question in issue is whether the 90 clocks are…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Franklin Sugar Refining Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. United States v. Maine Central Railway Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1919
  3. Illinois Central Railroad v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1939

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