AMERICAN BITUMULS & ASPHALT CO. v. UNITED STATES

C. D. 1799; Protest Nos. 191794-K, etc.

146 F.Supp. 703 (1956)

AMERICAN BITUMULS & ASPHALT CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Customs Court First Division.

August 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharretts, Paley & Carter, New York City (Joseph F. Donohue, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Richard E. FitzGibbon, Trial Atty.), New York City, for defendant.

Before OLIVER, Chief Judge, and MOLLISON and WILSON, Judges.


MOLLISON, Judge.

This case relates to a number of protests brought by the plaintiffs, as importers of crude petroleum and petroleum fuel oil, alleging the taking of tax or duty at an unlawful rate. All of the merchandise here involved was assessed with tax or duty at the rate of ½ cent per gallon under the provisions of section 3422 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 3422. Various Presidential Proclamations were also involved in the assessment,...

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