United Purveyors, Inc. v. United States

Richardson, Judge:

The merchandise of these protests, consolidated for trial, is described on the invoices as “Melonies” and “Home Garden” and “Native” melons. The melons were exported from Panama, entered at Miami, Florida, and classified in liquidation as “cantaloupes” not entered during the period from August 1 to September 15, inclusive, under the provisions of 19 U.S.C.A., section 1001, paragraph 752 (paragraph 752, Tariff Act of 1930) and assessed for duty at the rate of 35 per centum ad valorem. The plaintiff-importer claims that the melons are dutiable as “other melons” under the…