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Auyong Hian vs. Court Of Tax Appeals 59 SCRA 110

AUYONG HIAN (HONG WHUA HANG), petitioner-appellant, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF TAX APPEALS and COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, and COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-25181 | 1967-01-11

D E C I S I O N

ZALDIVAR, J.:

This is a petition for review of the resolutions of the respondent Court of Tax Appeals in CTA Case No. 1560 dismissing the appeal interposed by petitioner Auyong Hian (Hong Whua Hang) from the decision of the Commissioner of Customs, dated December 7, 1964, which affirmed the decision of the Collector of Customs of the Port of Manila, dated April 23, 1963, in Seizure Identification No. 6669 declaring forfeited in favor of the government 600 hogsheads of Virginia leaf tobacco that had been imported by Auyong Hian and ordering the sale of the said tobacco.

The facts pertinent to this case, as shown in the record,...