United States v. Borgfeldt

The articles imported in this case were entered at the port of New York alid are dutiable under the tariff act of 1897, either as clasp knives, under paragraph 153, or as hunting knives, under paragraph 155, of the act. The material part of the respective paragraphs is as follows:

153. Penknives or pocketknives, clasp knives, pruning knives, and budding knives of all kinds, or parts thereof, and erasers or manicure knives, * * * wholly or partly manufactured * * * valued at more than three dollars per dozen, twenty cents per piece and forty per centum ad valorem.

155. Table, butchers’, carving,…