UNITED STATES v. 532.33 CARATS, ETC.

Misc. Civ. No. 55-13.

137 F.Supp. 527 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. 532.33 CARATS, MORE OR LESS, OF CUT AND POLISHED DIAMONDS.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

January 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Julian, U. S. Atty., Lawrence B. Urbano, Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiff.

Paul E. Troy and Arthur Brogna, Boston, Mass., for defendant Leiser.


WYZANSKI, District Judge.

This case comes before me on the libellant's motion for summary judgment. Stated broadly, the issue is whether the claimant's diamonds are subject to for-feiture on the ground that he did not declare them when he brought them into the United States on an airplane that unexpectedly came here contrary to his reasonable anticipation.

19 U.S.C.A. § 1498, provides that: "(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe...

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