Case: Protest 98751-K of Wah Shang Co. (San Francisco)
Abbreviation: Protest 98751-K of Wah Shang Co.
Decision Date: 1946-08-26
Docket Number: No. 51274
Citation: 17 Cust. Ct. 173
Volume: 17
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Protest 98751-K of Wah Shang Co. (San Francisco).
Judges: 
Pages: 173–174

Head Matter:
Before the Third Division,
August 26, 1946
No. 51274.
Protest 98751-K of Wah Shang Co. (San Francisco).

Opinion:
Opinion by
Ekwall, J.
From the testimony it appeared that the collector's original liquidation was taken pursuant to the decision reported in Columbia Co. v. United States (5 Cust. Ct. 175, C. D. 395): The reliquidation was taken pursuant to instructions from the Commissioner of Customs received October 29, 1941. Inasmuch as section 514, Tariff Act of 1930, provides that liquidation in the absence of protest "upon the expiration of sixty days from the date" thereof shall be final and conclusive upon all persons, it was held that under said section the collector had no power to reliquidate after the expiration of the 60-day period. (John S. Phipps v. United States, 22 C. C. P. A. 595, T. D. 47601; McKesson Wholesale Drug Co. v. United States, 65 Treas. Dec. 478, T. D. 46955; and Pacific Brokerage Co. v. United States, 3 Cust. Ct. 20, C. D. 193, cited.) The plaintiff's claim was therefore sustained.