Luckemeyer v. Magone
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
At Law. Action to recover customs duties. The plaintiffs, the firm of Luckemeyer, Sehefer & Co., of the city of New York, on November 14, 1887, imported certain women’s dress goods, composed chiefly of wool, with a very slight percentage of cotton, and valued at not exceeding 20 cents per square yard.
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At Law. Action to recover customs duties. The plaintiffs, the firm of Luckemeyer, Sehefer & Co., of the city of New York, on November 14, 1887, imported certain women’s dress goods, composed chiefly of wool, with a very slight percentage of cotton, and valued at not exceeding 20 cents per square yard. The defendant, as collector of customs at the port of New York, levied and collected duty at 9 cents per square yard, and 40 per centum ad valorem, under Schedule K of the tariff act of March 3, 1883, (Heyl, 365,) claiming that such goods were made with threads of other materials than wool or…
1Opinion of the Court
Lacombe, J.,
(orally charging jury.) Before coming to the particular question which I shall submit to you, it is only right, in view of the great elaborateness and care with which this ease has been presented by counsel, that I should briefly state the reasons which lead me to the conclusion I have reached.
*32What- the intent of congress was in enacting this particular paragraph seems reasonably plain from the common knowledge which we all possess, and from a comparison of it with the paragraph of the Revised Statutes, which was the law on the same subject immediately preceding the adoption of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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