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Venancio Carreon Tong Tek Vs. Commissioner Of Customs 105 Phil 1071

VENANCIO CARREON TONG TEK, ET AL., petitioners, vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-11947 | 1959-06-30

D E C I S I O N


BARRERA, J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Court of Tax Appeals in CTA Case NO. 135, upholding the validity of the order of the Commissioner of Customs in Manila Seizure Identification No. 2040, forfeiting the 138 gold bars subject of said proceedings in favor of the Government.

At about 7:00 o'clock in the evening of October 8, 1954, Port Policeman Felipe de Guzman, then stationed at the central gate of Pier 9, Manila, was approached by three men, later identified as Venancio Carreon Tong Tek, his brother Juanito Tong, and one George Tong, an employee of the American President Lines, seeking entrance...