In re Shattuck
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
At Law. Appeal by the importers from a decision of tee board of general appraisers affirming tee decision of the collector of the port of New York to the cl asi float ion for customs duties of certain elastic webbing imported into that port November 18, 1890, and returned by the appraiser as “silk and cotton elastic webbing, silk chief value, 50⅞” and duty accordingly assessed thereon by the collector at that rate, under the provisions of paragraph 412 of Schedule L of the…
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At Law. Appeal by the importers from a decision of tee board of general appraisers affirming tee decision of the collector of the port of New York to the cl asi float ion for customs duties of certain elastic webbing imported into that port November 18, 1890, and returned by the appraiser as “silk and cotton elastic webbing, silk chief value, 50⅞” and duty accordingly assessed thereon by the collector at that rate, under the provisions of paragraph 412 of Schedule L of the tariff act of October 3,, 1890. The imporiers duly filed their protest against this classification, claiming that the…
1Opinion of the Court
LAOOMBE, Circuit Judge.
As to the silk goods, of course the board’s decision is affirmed. There ⅛ no dispute in regard to that.
If it appeared here that it was not practicable to make cotton webbing elastic without the presence of India rubber, I should be inclined to affirm the board’s decision] hut as there is no evidence to that effect, and as in fact there could not very well be such evidence, — as we all know, it is a matter of Weave, as well as material, that cotton webbing can he made elastic without the presence of any India rubber in it whatever. — I am of the opinion that the webbing…
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