Protest 100211-K of Olavarria & Co.

U.S. Customs Court

Protest 100211-K of Olavarria & Co.

16 Cust. Ct. 248

CourtUnited States Customs Court

DecidedJuly 1, 1946

DocketNo. 50971

StatusPublished

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Protest 100211-K of Olavarria & Co., 16 Cust. Ct. 248 (cusc 1946).

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Keefe, J.

At the trial the importer’s oath of short shipment and the United States weigher’s return of weight were offered in evidence. The affidavit of short shipment was admitted in evidence for the sole purpose of establishing that it had been filed in accordance with the regulations. An examination of the entry papers disclosed that the collector assessed duty upon the basis of the net weight of 3,633 bags of sugar. The weigher found a net weight for the 3,624 bags as 358,924 pounds.- From the weight thereof, the average net weight of the nine missing bags was estimated at a total of 891 pounds, bringing the total net weight of the shipment up to 359,815 pounds. No attempt was made by the plaintiff to establish that the nine bags of sugarwere not landed in the United States or received by the company. It was held that the plaintiff had failed to overcome the presumption of correctness attaching to the collector’s action. (Altman v. United States, 13 Cust. Ct. 56, C. D. 868, followed.) The protest was therefore overruled.

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Opinion by

Keefe, J.

At the trial the importer’s oath of short shipment and the United States weigher’s return of weight were offered in evidence. The affidavit of short shipment was admitted in evidence for the sole purpose of establishing that it had been filed in accordance with the regulations. An examination of the entry papers disclosed that the collector assessed duty upon the basis of the net weight of 3,633 bags of sugar. The weigher found a net weight for the 3,624 bags as 358,924 pounds.- From the weight thereof, the average net weight of the nine missing bags was estimated at a total of 891 pounds, bringing the total net weight of the shipment up to 359,815 pounds. No attempt was made by the plaintiff to establish that the nine bags of sugarwere not landed in the United States or received by the company. It was held that the plaintiff had failed to overcome the presumption of correctness attaching to the collector’s action. (Altman v. United States, 13 Cust. Ct. 56, C. D. 868, followed.) The protest was therefore overruled.

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