Case Name: General Shipping & Trading Co. and Westergaard Berg Johnsen Co. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1951-05-15
Citations: 26 Cust. Ct. 432
Docket Number: No. 55551; protests 92089-K and 891747-G (New York)
Parties: General Shipping & Trading Co. and Westergaard Berg Johnsen Co. v. United States,
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 432–432

Head Matter:
Before the Third Division,
May 15, 1951
No. 55551.
General Shipping & Trading Co. and Westergaard Berg Johnsen Co. v. United States,
protests 92089-K and 891747-G (New York).

Opinion:
Opinion by
Cline, 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), Abstract 42146, 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 foreign substance covering the cheese. The protests were sustained to this extent.