Legal Opinion

Bogle v. United States

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided January 5, 1911No. 20PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from decision of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York CT. D. 30167; 175 Fed. Rep., 889; T. D. 28428).

1Opinion of the CourtHunt, Judge

Bogle & Scott and John Duncan's Sons, appellants, imported certain marmalade and berry jams into the United States at New York. The collector assessed duty at 1 cent per pound and 35 per cent ad valorem, under paragraph 263 of the tariff act of 1897.

Paragraph 263 is as follows:

Comfits, sweetmeats, and fruits preseryed in sugar, molasses, spirits, or in their own juices, not specially provided for in this act, one cent per pound and thirty-five per centum ad valorem; if containing over ten per centum of alcohol and not specially provided for in this act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem and…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Meyer v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1912
  2. United States v. Sheldon & Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1914
  3. Goldfarb v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1965
  4. Allied Food Corp. of America v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1950

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