P. Lorillard & Co. v. United States

BlaND, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of the court:

P. Lorillard & Co., Inc., the appellant, imported at the port of New York 5237 bales of so-called Turldsh cigarette tobacco, and the collector found that the packages were not sufficiently marked to indicate the country of origin as required by section 304, Tariff Act of 1930, under which act the importation was made, assessed an additional 10 per centum duty upon the same on account of the alleged failure properly so to mark, and required the importer to place the term “Greece” on each package before delivery was made.

The packages all contained…