United States v. Buss & Co.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Appeal from Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstract 39992. [Oral argument Feb. 17,1917, by Mr. Hanson and Mr. Jordan.]
1Opinion of the CourtBarber, Judge
Paragraph 339 of the tariff act of 1913 provides for “buttons of vegetablo ivory, * * * buttons of shell and pearl,” at varying rates according to sizes, and for “agate buttons and shoe buttons, 15 per centum ad valorem; * * * and all collar and cuff buttons and studs composed wholly of bone, mother-of-pearl, ivory, or agate, all the foregoing and buttons not specially provided for in this section, 40 per centum ad valorem.”
Paragraph 151 of the same act provides for various articles in chief value of iron or steel and for “hooks and eyes, metallic; steel trousers buttons, and metal buttons;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Barber v. SchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Bloomingdale Bros. v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1912
- Buss v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1915
- Goldberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Vita Food Products, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1936