Consmiller v. United States

This case involves the tariff classification of marble mantel pieces which were imported at the port of New York and assessed for duty by the collector of customs as manufactures of marble under the provisions of paragraph 112 of the tariff act of 1909, which said paragraph reads as follows:

112. Marble, breccia, onyx, alabaster, and jet, wholly or partly manufactured into monuments, benches, vases, and other articles, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, and all articles composed wholly or in chief value of agate, rock crystal, or other…