Case: Protest 122486-K of Swift & Co., Inc. (New York)
Abbreviation: Protest 122486-K of Swift & Co.
Decision Date: 1946
Docket Number: No. 51063
Citation: 16 Cust. Ct. 269
Volume: 16
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Protest 122486-K of Swift & Co., Inc. (New York).
Judges: 
Pages: 269–269

Head Matter:
No. 51063.
Protest 122486-K of Swift & Co., Inc. (New York).

Opinion:
Opinion by
Keefe', 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). In accordance therewith it was held that an allowance of 2}i 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 protest was sustained to this extent.