Case Name: S. Alioto & Sons et al. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1949-06-20
Citations: 23 Cust. Ct. 114
Docket Number: No. 53311; protests 97953-K, etc. (Philadelphia)
Parties: S. Alioto & Sons et al. v. United States,
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 114–114

Head Matter:
Before the Third Division,
June 20, 1949
No. 53311.
protests 97953-K, etc. (Philadelphia).
S. Alioto & Sons et al. v. United States,

Opinion:
Opinion by
Johnson, J.
It was stipulated that certain items of the merchandise consist of cheese similar in all material respects to that the subject of Scaramelli v. United States (9 Cust. Ct. 270, C. D. 706) and Abstract 48269. In accordance therewith it was held that an allowance of 2)4 percent should have been made in the weight of the cheese by the collector in computing the duty thereon to compensate for the weight of the inedible coverings on the outside of the cheese. The protests were sustained to this extent.