United States v. Hempstead

HAZEL, District Judge.

The importation is claimed to be entitled to free entry as paraffin under paragraph 633 of the free list of the tariff act of 1897. Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 2, 30 Stat. 200 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1686). There has been no question raised as to the merits, and therefore it may safely be held that the paraffin oil was imported from Belgium, where it had been manufactured from crude petroleum, the product of Russia. Belgium does not impose a duty upon products of petroleum exported thereto from this country.

The government objects to the classification, on the ground…