Stone v. Shallus
Citations
- 137 F. 674
- 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 4186
Syllabus
<p>Customs Duties—Nonimportation—Rotten Fruit in Packages.</p> <p>There is not Such a difference between fruit imported in bulk and that imported in packages as that section 23, Customs Administrative Act June 10, 1890, c. 407, 26 Stat. 140 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1930]. relating to the abandonment of damaged merchandise, should apply in the latter case, though not in the former. The rule that fruit separable from the ■whole quantity, which by decay has lost all value, should be considered as not imported, and that duty should, be' assessed only on the quantity arriving in good condition, applies to fruit imported in packages as well as in bulk, and without regard to whether the entire package is landed in a worthless state.</p>
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