Haas v. Arthur

WALLACE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, upon the entry of certain merchandise, added eighteen per cent to the market value as stated in the invoice, accompanying the act by a protest, in which they stated that they added the eighteenper cent to the invoice value under compulsion, to prevent a seizure of the merchandise, and that the real value was correctly set forth originally in the invoice. Similar merchandise had theretofore been entered by the plaintiffs upon similar invoices, and upon appraisal, eighteen per cent had been added, and the merchandise had thereupon been seized for…