United States v. Flory

The issues in this case again involve the construction of paragraph 1428 of the Tariff Act of 1922, and especially the meaning to be given to the words “jewelry, commonly or commercially so known * * *, of whatever material composed, * * *” when applied to necklaces composed of materials other than those prescribed, in the definition of jewelry, in American Bead Co. v. United States, 7 Ct. Cust. Appls. 18.

The testimony and the briefs before the Board of United States General Appraisers (the United States Customs Court when the case was decided), and in this court (until the reply briefs were…