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CASTLE BROS., WOLF & SONS, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, VS. H. B. MCCOY, AS INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, DEFENDANT AND APPELLEE.

CASTLE BROS., WOLF & SONS, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, VS. H. B. MCCOY, AS INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, DEFENDANT AND APPELLEE.

G. R. No. 7269 | 1912-01-27

D E C I S I O N
 
JOHNSON, J.:
 
It appears from the record that on or about the 28th of February, 1911, the plaintiff imported into the Philippine Islands, at the port and city of Manila, from the United States, 1,527 kilos of roasted and ground coffee, 22 kilos of coriander seed, 12 kilos of ground nutmeg, 11 kilos of ground cloves, 44 kilos of ground mace, and 40 kilos of ground thyme.

Upon the aforesaid merchandise the Collector of Customs exacted the payment of duties, under the Act of Congress of August 5, 1909, as follows:

On the coffee, $137.43; on the coriander seed, $1.33; on the nutmeg, 96 cents; on the cloves, $1.10; on the...