United States v. Richard & Co.

•De Vries, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The importation of marrons having been made at the port of New York the collector of customs thereat classified the same for dutiable purposes as “nuts” under the provisions of paragraph 226 of the tariff act of 1913, which provides for “nuts of all kinds, shelled or unshelled, not specially provided for in this section, * * The importers protested against this classification and made due appeal to the Board of General Appraisers. No testimony seems to have been taken before the board, nor was there any sample of the merchandise before them.…