Doughten Seed Co. v. United States

Bland, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

A number of importations of white clover seed were made at various ports during tbe years 1932 and 1933, and tbe Collectors of Customs classified tbe goods under tbe provision for “white and ladino clover” of paragraph 763 of tbe Tariff Act of 1930, and assessed duty thereon at 6 cents per pound.

*259The importers protested and claimed the merchandise to be dutiable under the same paragraph as “clover, not specially provided for, 3 cents per pound,” or as “all other grass and forage crop seeds not specially provided for, 2 cents per pound.” Other…