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← 8 CUSTCT 355 - Farris v. United States

Farris v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

1942

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
June 1953
most recently cited

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “• We have been cited to no rule of law under which a document in the nature of a. certificate need not be signed if physically attached to another paper which bears-a signature. Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary defines the verb “certify” as follows: 3. To testify to in writing; give a certificate of; make a declaration about, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal; * * * This definition indicates the necessity for a signature to a written certification. There is nothing before us to indicate that the importer intended that the signature of the entry should be the signature of the certificate, even were such a practice permissible. The certificate before us appears to be a mimeographed form having the firm name of Harper & Harper, Attorneys, with their address-in the lower left-hand corner. It is admitted by the attorney for the plaintiff that this firm name is not claimed to be a signature.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

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