Collin v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “* * * The plaintiff has the burden of showing the price at which such or or similar merchandise was freely offered for sale in the principal markets of Germany in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade at the time of this exportation. The affiant failed to name the principal market in Germany in which such merchandise was freely offered for sale and he failed to state the usual wholesale quantities in which such goods were sold in the ordinary course of trade at the time of this exportation either for consumption in Germany or for export to the United States. Furthermore, he did not state the price at which such or similar merchandise was freely offered for sale for export to the United States. He merely stated the price at which he purchased the merchandise in Germany and that such price represents the market price for home consumption.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 28 Cust. Ct. 650 - McBeth v. United States

2. “* * * the record fails to establish facts necessary for a legal appraisement and that the evidence submitted by the plaintiff is insufficient to overcome the presumption of correctness attaching to the appraisement. Accordingly, the defendant’s motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is hereby dismissed. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 28 Cust. Ct. 650 - McBeth v. United States