Myers v. United States

MARTIN, District Judge.

The merchandise in question is ground corundum ore. It is the very same article that was before the court between the same parties and decided by the Circuit Court of Appeals for this circuit. 163 Fed. 53, 89 C. C. A. 284. It is now claimed by the importer that in the former case his sole contention was that the article in question is manufactured sand, and free under paragraph *463671, and that he then omitted to call the attention of the court to paragraph 614, which places crude minerals on the free list.

The evidence in both cases agrees that corundum is “alumina, or…