United States v. J. Allston Newhall & Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a petition by the United States for a review of the decision of the hoard of general appraisers sustaining the protest of J. Allston Newhall & Co. as to the assessment of duties by the collector of Boston on certain imported merchandise.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This is a petition for a review of the decision of the board of general appraisers upon a protest of the importers relating to the amount of duties growing out of the conversion to American money of the silver rupee, in the case of an invoice of 25 bales of tanned sheepskins imported into the port of Boston from Madras, India. In reducing the appraised value cf. the merchandise to American money, (he collector adopted the rate of $.285 per rupee, which was the exchange rate as certified in the consular certificate accompanying the invoice. At the date of the consul’s…
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