United States Customs Court, 1940

Protests 963011-G of Baxter

Protests 963011-G of Baxter
United States Customs Court · Decided May 7, 1940 · Brown
4 Cust. Ct. 469
Protests 963011-G of Baxter

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Brown, J.

The record shows that the merchandise consists of trunks of the Douglas fir trees with the limbs cut off, the outer bark peeled, and the tops cut off, used, after being cieosoted or otherwise treated, as piling in the building of wharves on salt water. On the record presented the claim for free entry as round timber under paragraph 1803 was sustained. Kimpland v. United States, G. A. 4685 (T. D. 22122), United States v. McNaughton (5 Ct. Cust. Appls. 114, T. D. 34166), and Guthrie v. United States, G. A. 6488 (T. D. 27744) cited.

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