Massce v. United States

The merchandise involved in this case consists of certain narrow woven fabrics which are composed in chief value of cotton. The fabrics are in running lengths and are less than an inch in width. Along one edge of the article appears a continuous ornamental design which covers less than half of its surface; the remainder of the surface, extending from the ornamental design to the opposite edge, is entirely plain.

The merchandise was imported under the tariff act of 1897, and was assessed with duty at the rate of 60 per cent ad valorem under the provision for trimmings in paragraph 339 of the…