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United States of America vs. Steamship "Rubi"

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE STEAMSHIP "RUBI," represented by Warner, Barnes & Co. (Ltd.), general agents in the Philippine Islands for her owners, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 9235 | 1915-11-17

D E C I S I O N

CARSON, J.:

This is an appeal by the United States and the Insular Collector of Customs from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing the petition of plaintiffs for a judgment confirming the action of the Insular Collector of Customs in imposing an administrative fine on the steamship Rubi for bringing unmanifested cargo into the port of Manila. The case was submitted for judgment on an agreed statement of facts the substance of which is set forth in the opinion of the trial judge, as follows:

"From this statement of facts I find that on the 9th day of February, 1913, the defendant steamer arrived in...